The Birthday Suit

I finally did a naked cake! A friend requested a smash cake for a photo shoot and the naked wedding cakes were the inspiration. I went with a simple vanilla cake with some leftover italian meringue buttercream from a different cake (never waste a drop!). For some reason, the nice brown edge crumbled off the edges of my cake, which is what I needed for that nice "naked" look".  I layered the frosting around the edges and had to very strategically scrape down in only certain areas, so I got less of the exposed cake than I would have liked. I decided to add some grooves to help hide how little "nakedness" there was. I used fresh flowers (Trader Joe's has the best!) and stuck them directly into the cake. The last step was to brush some of the petals with gold lustre dust for a bit of sparkle!