This cake has been a looong time coming! I had been wanting to make this camera as a groom’s cake for my brother’s wedding since July, but with 300 favors in the making, clearly didn’t have the time then! So I decided it would make the four hour trip down to Maryland to make a special appearance on his birthday. 🙂

This has definitely got to be my most ambitious cake, since I had never actually carved a cake before. The base was made out of four layers of my signature vanilla cake while the lens was made out of homemade rice krispie treats. I used Ace of Cakes star Duff’s line of fondant, which although more expensive, was the best fondant I had ever tasted and the easiest to work with. For a truly unique, personal touch, I inserted a small digital frame into the back of the cake that played a slideshow of pictures from my brother’s wedding. Just like a real camera! Amazing…