A Ladybug Birthday Cake

ball cake pan
jumbo muffin pan
buttercream
fondant (in red, black, a bit of pink and white)
gum paste flower wires
gum past veining tool
round cutters (different sizes)
round pastry tips

Cover the half a ball cake with some buttercream then with red fondant. Cut out ome black fondant rounds for spots and attach them to the body. Draw a line in the middle by using a gum paste veining tool.

For the antenae, the wires used are those made for gum paste flowers - the ones that are covered with some sort of paper. Roll a log of black fondant, moisten the wires with water and insert in the log. Make small heart shape from black fondant and insert on the ends. Let dry.

For the ladybug's head, cover the cake baked from the jumbo muffin pan with buttercream the with black fondant. Cut 2 circles from the white fondant for the eyes. Then with a pastry tip, cut out 2 smaller rounds from the black fondant for the pupils. With an even smaller round pastry tip cut out 2 white fondant circles to place on top of the black circles.

Use pink fondant circles for the cheeks and a strip of white fondant for the mouth.

The big white flowers were cut using the FMM 5 Petal Rose Cutter. The leaves were cut with a tear drop cutter, then painted criss-crossing lines with green gel color.