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Crud. So, my cake baker moved to Maryland and now she isn’t answering my emails. It might just be a momentary blip, but just in case, we have a plan to make the cake ourselves. Luckily, it will be a rice crispy cake and therefore easy to make structurally. I have some experience decorating with icing, so I hope that I can put something together that won’t look like it was made by a drunken marmoset. We are trying to keep it simple with plain white icing and decorations that can be made separately.
I couldn’t find marzipan anywhere that wasn’t already as hard as a rock, and I don’t trust myself with fondant, and so the decorations were made from Fimo clay. The figures were inspired by the penguin habitat in the back of our reception venue. There are 32 penguins total. There are 24 on the first layer, 6 on the second and two slightly larger ones on top.
One of the penguin groupings:
Our top of the cake figures; I plan on gluing a little veil on the shorter one:
Your backup backup could be to find the local marmoset (I assume you have one) and sneak an empty bottle of Johnnie Walker in his cage.
If I were you I wouldn’t have even hired a cake baker in the first place. Those penguins are adorable!!! You have GREAT TALENT and I can’t wait to see the cake you create for your wedding! Rock on!
I love it! So adorable!
Those are adorable!! You are so talented!!
I’m doing something similar(ish kinda) to this on my man’s cake. He used to draw a strange comic back in high school called ‘pineapple & penguin’. I’m making them out of clay (in full wedding garb) as toppers for his cake. 
Don’t tell him, it’s a surprise.
Really, those penguins are so flippin cute. I want one!
OMG–I love penguins! There’s a penguin habitat in the back of your venue????? How did I miss that post?????
Those penguins are ADORABLE!
So cute! I’m considering making my own Fimo cake topper, since I can’t seem to find any cake toppers that I really like that aren’t too huge and/or to my liking. This is a perfect way to tie in your reception venue’s charm!
Love THIS cake. I would just go with it. This should be your first choice cake. I cannot believe how talented you are! And how you have the sanity to come up with such fabulous ideas and make them happen so close to the wedding!
those are so adorable! you are quite talented miss lollipop!
how long did it take?
i’m ambitious, but i know my fingers are not nimble or patient enough to work with clay or small pieces.
nice work!
Love those precious penguins! A veil would be perfect (esp as the penguins already come in tuxes).
frickin’ adorable! I love them! I wish I had a few of those penguins to put around the house right now because they just make me smile!
i agree with tara - that should be your first choice cake, not the backup =).
This is amazing! I don’t know what your baker’s cake was going to look like, but unless it’s out of this world, your own is probably more precious!
Adorable and so creative. Go for it as your cake!
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Mrs. Lollipop, Pittsburgh Age and Occupation: 26, Computational Linguist Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Project Manager Engagement Date: August 2, 2006 Wedding Date: September 2, 2007 Blogging Since: July 17, 2007 Venue: The PPG Aquarium at the Pittsburgh Zoo About Me: I'm a Pittsburgh transplant who grew up in the deep south. I have a weakness for exotic alphabets, DIY projects, mobster movies and international travel. My fiance and I are both non-native Japanese speakers and we have a bullfrog named Skinny.
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