My friend, Cassie (the one who took my amazing family pics), ordered this cake for her daughter's second birthday. She had the fun idea of doing a blue and black ladybug instead red. It was such a fun idea. Her invites to the party had a cute blue and black ladybug and her little girl wore blue and black. It was so cute. She is the party master and had the cutest decorations and party favors and such. This cake was pretty easy. I hadn't planned on shaping the body of the cake, but after I saw how the head was so nice and round, I went ahead and tried to shape the body. It went surprisingly well and not too many crumbs. We did a vanilla cake with buttercream icing and chocolate fondant for the black parts. I didn't think ahead far enough to make antennae. I did make some, and they were cute, but they were too heavy and hadn't had time to dry out and harden. She had some black candles that she used, which were perfect since her little girl was two.

Kaylee's Birthday Cake

This year Kaylee wanted to have a ladybug picnic. I was really excited to try a ladybug cake. I was nervous about getting a good red and black without using an entire bottle of color. I tried something new, and was pretty pleased with the result. For the ladybug I used premade frosting from the store. Rather than starting with white frosting, I used strawberry and chocolate for the red and black. The chocolate tasted great!