Jungle cake(s) with a difference - first fondant and cake attempt

by mirella faccioni
(Melbourne, Australia)

I made this jungle cake(s) for my son's 1st birthday as I wanted it to be special - I made two cakes as I realised too late that the characters were too large for only one cake! The first cake was a citrus Madeira cake and the second one was a mud cake. I then "joined" the cakes together by having the birthday boys name on there. All the character animals were created using fondant .. unfortunately the lion had an "accident" after the birthday boy wanted to hug it. I made all the different animals after viewing how to tutorials on the internet and knowing that my little boy was crazy for them (the animals not the fondant). My little boy still wants to see the animals that sit in our cabinet every morning....thank goodness they are not as fragile now :) Thanks to all who contributed and thanks for looking - comments are welcome!