Frog and Monkey Girls

This cake took two cakes and smooshed them together into one cute little (or should I say large) cake.  The cake is yellow cake with vanilla buttercream filling and frosting.  The animals are made of Rice Krispie Treats (RKT from now on, readers) and fondant.  The bottom tier is 2-12" cakes and the top tier is 2-6" cakes.
The frog(ette)'s body is made of RKT covered in MMF (marshmallow fondant).  It was a fun little piece.  The lily pad is just fondant rolled thin and frilled about the edges.  Isn't her bow just the cutest thing?  I used shimmer dust for her cheeks, as this little frog knows how to apply her blush just so.  The fly is made out of gumpaste.  The wings were pretty tricky to attach, since using the gumpaste glue made the very thin things flop over, but I persevered and was able to make it all work out.  The spring is just wire wrapped around a pen and pulled a bit.

The little monkey is made of RKT.  The body, head, ans ears were made separately and fitted together with toothpicks.  I cut out the pale fondant for the face and the belly and "glued" them to the RKT using just a little water.  I piped some chocolate buttercream on the side of the monkey closest to the 6" tier so that I wouldn't risk screwing up the BC (buttercream from here-on-out).  Side note here, I haven't learned how to make a good rich chocolate color without using cocoa.  I tried, goodness, I tried, but in the end, good ol' cocoa won over.  I shoved a dowel into the underside of the monkey and used that to hold the weight of the RKT.  I have learned in the past year how important it is to support your basic cake structure.  Anyway :) I piped in the rest of the BC with tip #17 and placed the arms, legs, and tail.  Looking back, it would have been easier to put the tail on before putting the BC on the monkey, but it came off without a hitch.  Then I drew on the face and there ya go! 

  Both bows were made out of fondant.  If you look at the frog in the monkey closeup, you can see her blush.  She really is too dang cute.

  Instead of doing the dots out of fondant, I did buttercream.  They don't look as polished as I would have liked, but I think they look okay too.  I very much enjoyed this cake.  I find that I love moulding fondant ever so much.  It really is my favorite thing about cakes.

All in all, this was a really fun cake and I look forward to the next challenge this amazing and consuming activity brings me.