Pokémon Cake

My boyfriend is turning 7- his birthday is leap day! 😅 so Pokémon it is this year! 

I like to occasionally use incredibly time consuming cake decorating techniques 😅 including making color flow decorations. First, draw or trace your image. I like to simplify any shapes used, and draw with a pencil on parchment paper taped to a cake circle. Once you’re done sketching, cover with a layer of wax paper taped down around the edges. You want it secured firmly, but it should be easily removable too. Now you’re ready to trace your image with icing!

Make color flow icing. It dries out quickly, so anything you’re not actively using should be tightly covered with plastic wrap. I pipe the outlines of shapes first, and let to allow briefly before thinning out the color flow with a few drops of water to flood the image. This can take a lot of time, especially if you’re using a lot of different colors, so plan accordingly! The resulting decoration is extremely fragile, but I like the effect. Fun ridiculous fact- I made this Pokémon decoration using only two piping bags 😂 100% would not recommend, but I didn’t plan ahead, it was late at night, and I made it happen somehow using some MacGyver ninja magic.

I used edible markers to add detailed elements, and sooo many toothpicks. Let dry completely at least one full day, preferably longer. 

To remove your color flow icing decoration, carefully free your wax paper from all the tape. Then using a counter or table with a straight edge, slowly run the edges over the edge, carefully pulling the wax paper down. Do this gradually, all around the sides of the decoration until it is free from the wax paper. Use caution, as it’s very easy to drop and completely break something you’ve spent hours of your life on. Here’s my residual color flow print left behind on the wax paper!

I rolled out two circles of fondant to make poke balls, and used red and black food safe markers to complete the design. After a dusting of star sprinkles, this cake was done! 🔥👌🌟