Yakudoshi Birthday Celebration

This order was a fun challenge... I needed to show different hobbies for a Yakudoshi birthday party: Volleyball, Fishing, Snowboarding and Music - not to mention architecture and the Japanese character for "celebrate." The recipient is an architect so it seemed fitting to have a cityscape around the main cake - each building with it's own look and feel. For the mini cupcakes I made 4 sets of toppers out of fondant. I especially loved coming up with designs for each snow board and adding the texture to the volleyballs.

This was a custom flavor: Guava Cake stuffed with Guava Curd and
topped with Guava Buttercream. A wonderful, subtle flavor.