Grand Canyon Birthday Cake

This cake was made for my 7 year old niece who went to the Grand Canyon for her birthday and was inspired by everything she saw.

I baked two cakes using this Heritage style bundt cake pan.

After the cakes cooled and were removed from the pan I cut them into sections along the crevices such that I had "peaks" and "cliffs".

I arranged the curved pieces so I could have a North and South Rim of the canyon.

Using brown and white frosting as well as coloring gel I was able to get a few variations for red and orange rocks.

Blue shimmering frosting gel was used for the river.

Small plastic animals were used as cake toppers.

The candles managed to stay lit while we sang happy birthday and there was no danger of a forest fire.