Swimming Flamingo

This was another interesting request. A swim party customer wanted a flamingo cake. I entertained the idea of doing a standing flamingo for about 10 seconds. I would have done it for a significant fee, but not for what I was going to get paid for it. It would have involved building a structure for the cake. They also wanted chocolate, so I came up with this.

You can make out some of the details, but the lighting blocks some of the feathers and smaller details. I'm not sure what the blemish on the left side of the image in the chocolate is. It wasn't readily apparent on the cake when looking at it.

The flamingo body is fondant layers to give it some depth. The details are mostly done in buttecream icing. I tried a different border on this one by using the leaf icing tip and making it look like more of a lacy border. Not bad, but something I would have to work on. The towel on the leg had the kid's age and name. Obviously, the child didn't pick the idea.