The customer wanted a "simple" mermaid / Under The Sea cake, but like always things seem to get out of hand. I tried to control myself, but if I see a blank spot, I need to put something in the void. I'm sure I have some kind of OCD.
For reference, the cake on the bottom is an 8" and the cake on the top is a 6". It serves about 36 (according to the Wilton serving chart.)
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The three ombre colors are:
- AmeriColor Soft Pink (with a touch of Regal Purple),
- AmeriColor Regal Purple, and
- AmeriColor Royal Blue (with a touch of Regal Purple)
To get the ombre look, I just stacked the three colors on the side of the cake and smeared them together using a bench scraper. To get the "air-brushed" look, I lightly sprayed the center section of each tier with Wilton's Violet Color Mist Food Spray . The color mist just softens the line between the different colors and gives it a wispy look. Originally I planed on using Cocoa Butter Spray Velvet, but when I did a test, it didn't look very good. The cocoa velvet was too dense and opaque, and had too much texture. I liked the color mist a lot better. So wispy.
So all-in-all a pretty easy cake. Wish there were all this stress free.
