Combo of Cake Decorating Styles: Drip, Fault Line, Stripes

I made a cake that combined the 3 most popular cake decorating trends of 2019: the Drip, the Fault Line, and the Stripe.  I was happy with the results, but I didn't get much of a reaction from my social media peeps.  Crickets.  Crickets are never a good sign, but my great aunt Goldie loved it and in the end that is all that really matters.

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I made the stripes using my PME Cake Comb, but in hindsight I should have used my Wilton Cake Comb because the teeth are a little closer together on the Wilton.  The closer teeth would have given me more stripes which I think would have looked more interesting.

Here is the cake with the stripes cut out...

And here is the cake  where I've filled the voids with pink buttercream and started to scraping off the excess.  I didn't bother filling the top most void because I knew it would be covered with the "Fault Line" portion of the design.

After the stripes were on, I added the buttercream for the fault line section and scraped it off to make it smooth.

For the drip I used a recipe that combines Pink Wilton Candy melts (250g), white chocolate callets (60 g), and heavy whipping cream (1/3 cup).  I like this recipe better than others I have tried because it gives a better texture and it is easier to control the drips.

To highlight the edge of the "Fault Line", I painted it with a mixture of edible gold luster dust mixed with vodka.

For the topper I used my Cricut Explorer Air 2 and glitter cardstock paper to cut out the text.  To attach the topper to the cake I hot glued clear plastic rods to the back.  The rods are really thin, but they are strong enough to hold up the paper topper, and they are not as obvious as wooden skewers.  I also cut out the "Happy Birthday" using the Cricut.

So, again, nothing noteworthy about the cake, but my great aunt like it.

Happy Decorating,

Carol


Supply List: 

PME Cake Comb
Wilton Cake Comb
14" Cake Drum
Pink Wilton Candy Melts
white chocolate callets
Roxy & Rich edible gold luster dust 
Cricut Explorer Air 2
Clear plastic rods