Brave Cake

My friend Janice had some great ideas and inspiration for a Brave-themed cake for her daughter Marleigh's sixth birthday. We decided on a 2-tier cake.

The bottom tier was inspired by a tapestry we found here.   I did a bottom border in gray fondant to look like a castle.  It was a 10" cake.

The top tier was all about the bow & arrow.  I did a gold rope border, a bow made out of a fondant/gumpaste blend (I let it air-dry bent around an 8" pan so that it would keep the contour of the cake later). The top tier was an 8" cake.  The icing was vanilla tinted ivory to give it a little bit more of an old-timey feel.

The top was very simple with her happy birthday message piped between two arrows.