~Owl Cake~

Owls are so beautiful

 They are so beautiful that I decided to make one into a cake.

I started with baking 6, 6 inch rounds of chocolate mud cake.

For the filling I made chocolate ganache, when cooled I added smooth peanut butter. Can I say YUM, it was soooo good.

I'm not the best cake carver, I filled the cake, chilled it and when the time came to carve this thing(it looked like a big chocolate cylinder) I just stood there with the knife, afraid to start. Thank you for the second voice in my household that kept me going. I wanted to keep the owl real, within the natural colors. For the inspiration I used this photograph.

 I spent the most time  making and attaching small feathers. It  literally took forever.

I went with 2 different shades of gray, white and light brown.

Last part I did were the fall leaves of variety of colors, plus I brushed the whole cake with luster dust to give it a nice sparkle.

As for the photo, I used few real leaves from outside.

What a fun  cake to make.
The best part  was to see our friend's reaction when he first saw it.
He just gasped :"WOW"
Basically all I wanted to hear.
~Happy Birthday~

~Enjoy~