13 months ago, I was blessed with the birth of my first son, Mateo. He has been my pride and joy, and nothing was more exciting than planning his first birthday... okay, it was mostly about his cake! How could I just make a normal birthday cake? Being who I am, I had to go a bit 3D. I have to admit that I was inspired by Duff and his cake creation for a couple that collected designer toys. What would be more perfect than a "M" Dunny for my lil Mateo. He was going to be a lucha libre, sporting a cool mask with a "M" on his forehead. It was going to be awesome. Also an artist, my husband worked on sketches of the "M" Dunny, and I sketched up the size, shape, and the structure of the cake.
The Dunny was built from the bottom up, each layer supported by cake board and dowel rods. The bottom part of the legs was carved out of cereal treats, and seamlessly attached to the torso carved out of pound cake. The Dunny's head was baked in a sport ball pan and then carved into it's distinct shape using a template I made out of board. Each section was lightly iced with buttercream, and received a smooth layer of white fondant. Arms and ears were shaped out of cereal treats were also covered with white fondant. My husband then painted each part, closely reproducing his sketch onto the 3D shape. Colors were created by mixing gel colors and a touch of water. A shimmering metallic silver was achieved by using a silver Cake Graffiti by Duff...yes, I do love that man!
A wrestling ring becomes the base for this cake and was made from my signature red velvet cake filled with coconut cream cheese...Yum! I wrapped candy sticks in black fondant and wound Twizzler pull and peel candy strings around the ring as rope. The whole cake is literally edible!
This was definitely one of my most challenging cakes, but it was all worth it to see him take his first bite of his birthday cake. :)
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