To make the lion, I used orange fondant and added some CMC powder to it. I started by shaping the body, followed by its legs before making the head and adding all the facial features. For the mane, I used one of my scalloped round cutters and cut out a round piece of chocolate fondant. I then used my scriber needle tool and drew lines on the fondant piece on both sides, starting from the center of the piece to its outer edges. I started by making the lion topper first. In fact, I made this little guy together with the lion toppers I made for the cupcakes. I wanted the lion to be of similar design as the ones I made for the cupcakes so I made him in the exact same design but only in a larger version so that he would look more proportionate to the cake. Overall, this was a pretty simple lion cake to decorate. Other than the 3D fondant lion topper and the number topper, everything else was pretty easy to make. As for the 3 large trees on the sides of the cake, I used green and chocolate fondant. I cut the tree trunks in chocolate fondant and drew wood grain patterns on them with my needle scriber tool.

And then I made the birthday message on the cake. I wanted the birthday boy’s name to be put on a wooden plaque-like design and so made one with chocolate fondant. I cut out a rectangle piece of fondant and used my pizza cutting wheel to slightly round the sides and cut out random triangle cutouts at the sides to give the fondant piece a wooden plank look and feel. And then, using my needle scriber tool, I marked wood grain patterns on it. Needle scriber tool– this was used to make the wood grain patterns on the cake as well as to mark the lines on the lion’s mane. CMC powder– I added CMC powder into the fondant I used to make the lion topper as well as the number 2 topper. CMC helped both to hold their shape and stand firm on the cake.

Pizza cutting wheel– this was a general cutting tool used in decorating the cake. I also used this specifically to cut the tree leaves on the cake. My pizza cutter has 2 wheels, a plain one and a scalloped one. I used the scalloped blade to cut the leaves.

And that’s that. My lion cake for 2-year-old Casey. I have also made another lion cake for Casey, and this time, it was for the celebration with his family. See how I decorated the other lion themed cake here. Next was the number ‘2’ topper. This was made using red fondant and I have also added CMC to the fondant so that it would dry hard and set firm. And I used floral wire as a support for the number. To make the number topper, I drew the number on a piece of paper as a guide. And then I shaped my floral wire following the shape of the number. Once the number was done, I let it set and firm up in a horizontally lying position until it was ready to be put on the cake. Fondant – The entire cake was covered in fondant and the decoration was also made using fondant except for the lettering on the cake which were cut out from gum paste. I used Satin Ice fondantand gum paste. Here's a cute lion cake with edible fondant lion cake topper for a 2 year old boy. Learn how to make this birthday cake with my easy decorating guide below.

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As for the leaves, I used the scalloped end of my pizza cutting wheel and cut out a long strip of green fondant. I then, twisted the strip in circular motion, forming the outer edges and gradually moving to the center of the circle. I used shortening to hold the strips in place and carefully lifted and attached them on the tree trunks on both sides.