This Fabulous Carnival costume cake was made by Jean Schapowal from Cakes With Character.
This is the second day of a four part series featuring cakes from the Carnival Cakers Collaboration which is an annual virtual international event that showcases and celebrates different carnivals around the world. The administrator is Heba Elalfy, the owner of Sweet Dreams by Heba.
Nigeria’s ‘Calabar Carnival and Festival’ is featured this year. It is known as Africa’s biggest street party. This carnival lasts through the entire month of December each year. Calabar aims to include more aspects of local Nigerian heritage and culture, while at the same time strengthening the capacity of locals to participate in an economically beneficial way.
Various cake, cookie and sugar artists from around the globe contributed a design using fondant, royal icing, modeling paste, isomalt, wafer paper, etc. Hosting a collaboration takes tremendous planning and effort. The Carnival Cakers have once again risen up to the challenge and created amazing cakes, cookies and figurines.
Disclaimer : The Carnival Cakers Collaboration have used all inspiration pictures as just that, inspiration and not copied. They give full credit to the original photographers/owners of those inspiration pictures. They do not benefit financially from this collaboration.
Here is Jean’s description of this Fabulous cake:
Using a combination of Satin Ice fondant, Icing Images wafer paper and Simi Isomalt, I created a colorful costume with big ruffled pants and a textured headpiece. Wafer paper was layered to achieve texture and then I added the Isomalt shapes.
This is a picture of the costume that inspired this wonderful cake.
This Fabulous Carnival costume cake was made by Ania Kowalik from Sweet Creations by Ania.
Here is Ania’s description of this Fabulous cake:
I used By Bora Sugar Paste and edible gold dust. For the second tier I used cutters for flower petals that were later hand modeled. The balls are made with sugar paste and painted with gold dust.
This is a picture of the costume that inspired this wonderful cake.
This Fabulous Carnival costume cake was made by Jennifer Moshier from Prima Cakes and Cookies.
Here is Jennifer’s description of this Fabulous cake:
The gingerbread figure and headdress were hand cut. Each dragee in various colors were individually placed for a jeweled effect. Wafer paper airbrushed in blue creates the ruffles on the headpiece and the front of the top. The dragees were colored using gel color.
This is a picture of the costume that inspired this wonderful cake.
This Fabulous Carnival costume cake was made by Khamphet Che-Bui from Sweet Side of Cakes.
Here is Khamphet’s description of this Fabulous cake:
A 3 tiered square cake using the torn paper texture effect and ruffles. The blooms are made from wafer paper and painted with gel colours to give the final touch.
This is a picture of the costume that inspired this wonderful cake.
This Fabulous Carnival costume cake was made by Sophia Fox from Sophia Fox Cake Art Studio.
Here is Sophia’s description of this Fabulous cake:
I painted a woman’s face using edible powders. I also used wafer paper for making the feathers.