*BUTTER-CREAM* 2 TIER LEOPARD PRINT

I would make it easy on yourself and roll out some fondant in black and brown.  Rip off small pcs of brown then even smaller pcs of black and layer the black on the brown then just stick onto the buttercream.  This way will save your sanity.  Discovered this method by assident late one cake decorating evening.

I did a leopard print buttercream cake. I just used a crusting buttercream tinted tan and once everything was smooth and crusted, I painted the spots in darker brown and black using gel food color thinned with vodka. It worked beautifully. I used a friend's leopard print pillow for reference. 

another way

prepare the different colored buttercreams you wanna use, black, brown, cream whatever colors

pipe the spots on the iced cake and smooth them down

with a kind of tapping/patting motion

with an uber clean smooth cloth or smooth paper towel

test this on the counter or a plastic place mat or something

if it sticks to the towel--wait for the buttercream to get a little air dried & try again until you get the hang of it

easy peasy

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you might wanna look at you tube for video how tos

some folks are making leopard spots within the cake itself

so it shows leopard print in the cut servings

and it's not difficult--maybe for next time

it's inspiring at the least

I saw this a long time ago, maybe it will help:

http://www.mycakeschool.com/blog/wild-about-you-a-cupcake-tutorial/

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I have done many, many leopard butter cream cakes.   Here's how I do it...........first I airbrush my cake egg yellow and let it dry...completely.  Then I go back and do the black lines.   I used like a 4 tip...just make sure they are close together.   Then I went back in and used brown butter cream and filled in.    By the time I got them all done, I took a wet finger and went back and tapped each spot down.   THEN I did the bottom border.  

Dawg..........sorry for the huge picture.     Didn't mean to send it life size

Quadlette~

I upped my font for your eyes only

hope it's easier to read

xo

@ddaigle - nice job on the cake, and great explanation!