Mad Scientist Cake
Cat
Another one from our archives, a fun mad scientist themed cake for a friend's birthday!
This was a fun one, with unusual flavours - pistachio cake with a lemon syrup and pomegranate buttercream. Our friend doesn't like overly sweet flavours, so the sour and astringent pomegranate was just right to cut through the Swiss meringue buttercream (which can sometimes be a bit sickly in the wrong pairings).
Most of the decorations are carved rice krispie treats covered in fondant - or, in the case of the slimes, painted with an acid green fluid gel - but the billowing smoke was homemade marshmallow piped onto the cake.
