on the Cake Gallery thread, so many of the photos have been removed because of "third party" nonsense. I can't seem to find a really good pic of a Lion King or animal-themed cake. I'll be at Animal Kingdom Lodge in June. I also would like fondant animals, if possible.
Does anyone have a good Lion King cake pic?
TIA!
Here's one I posted a few years back. It's not Lion King-themed, but it does have fondant animals...
Location: Animal Kingdom Lodge (Jiko)
Size: 6-inch cake
Flavors: Red velvet cake with cream cheese mousse filling, not the cream cheese buttercream frosting I'd requested.
Price: Quoted $65 ($35 for 6-inch cake + $30 for fondant decorations), charged $23
Inspiration Photos:
I found this cake online and asked to have a modified version as a 6-inch. I found a separate cake to get inspiration for the hippo on top...
How It Turned Out:
The cake looked a lot better than I was expecting, considering it seemed to have been hastily assembled by assistants while the pastry chef was out. They didn't use a contrasting color for the leaves like in the original photo, and the pond was a little rough around the edges (literally!), but the hippo was adorable and really well-made. It was a surprise for my husband, and he thought it looked great!
(Sorry these photos aren't better—new camera!)
The only thing I was really disappointed about was the use of cream cheese mousse filling instead of cream cheese buttercream frosting, which I had made a big deal about twice: once when I placed the order, and again when they confirmed it. I think they just assumed I meant "filling" instead of "frosting" because it's what they use in most of their cakes, but I really
really dislike Disney's cream cheese mousse filling, which is way too cheesecake-y for my taste.
For some reason, when we got the bill for dinner, the cake was listed at only $23, maybe because they felt bad about losing the order or because it had been created by assistants instead of the pastry chef...?
At any rate, I would still order a fancy cake at AKL again now that they seem to have progressed beyond the supermarket level of cake-making—I guess I just need to be even MORE specific in the future!