Bumble Bee Halloween Party

by Kristienne Bottorf
(Choreographed Cakes Davenport, FL)

I made this bumble bee halloween cake for someone's birthday. It was the day before Halloween. She was dressing up as a bee so that was the theme of the cake. I made a square 10" cake for the bottom. It was an Oreo cake and I iced it in chocolate. I then sprinkled green sugar all over it to look like grass. Then I made the bee hive out of 3 round cakes. An 8", 6" and 4". I sliced the cakes and filled them with an Oreo cream filling then iced them in chocolate. I used a lot of icing and kept adding more till the bee hive started to take shape. I then covered it in yellow fondant. I made little bees out of yellow and black fondant. There body's were ovals with 2 black stripes. I used a heart shaped cutter to make their wings. I cut the heart in half and then pinched the one end to look like a wing. They were so much fun to make. I decided to make each one a different Halloween costume. There was a cat, vampire, bat, devil, ballerina and ghost. I then added other decorations like the spider on top, the cat on the fence and the signs on the bee hive. I made the fence out of fondant. I put it together section by section on the counter. I then stood that entire section up onto the cake. I wanted it to have a graveyard look so I broke some of the posts. Everyone at the party loved it. In fact they didn't want to cut it. I was so happy with how it turned out!