Jim & Alie

My sister in-law loves her Harley so a Harley Davidson cake was perfect for her birthday celebration this year.

This was a 2 layer cake.  One layer was a white cake that I colored orange to be consistent with the Harley Davidson colors.  The second layer was chocolate which I added additional black color to make it a true black.

I printed the logo from the internet and then created it out of fondant.  It was very tedious, but turned out okay.

My favorite part of this cake was the fondant and gum paste replica of “Marsha” (my sister in-law on her bike).  I had never made a figure out of fondant so this was a learning experience.  The head, helmet, sunglasses, hair blowing on the bike was the easy part.  The hardest part was the hands to hold on to the handle bars.

Jim helped me with the flames and airbrushed them to make them look realistic.  It was a nice touch to the final cake.

Lesson Learned
I wouldn’t do the tread on the wheels in the fondant. I should have carved the cake and then put the fondant over the cake to form the tread.  The fondant started drying and didn’t look like tire tread as much as I would have liked.

I enjoyed creating this cake and it brought tears to Marsha when she first saw it.

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