Barney Chiffon Cake

I took a while to post this Barney cake as I wasn't feeling too confident about it. Barney is really not easy to do! While the real Barney is so cute and hoppy (my kids now into Barney Sing and Dance), it is really difficult to capture his lovely disposition and expressions in a cake. I also used too much blueberry powder as natural coloring for the Barney cake, as a result the cake was a little patchy and not as smooth as usual (ah.. downside of using blueberry powder as coloring, albeit healthier). Pandan chiffon cake was used as the base cake to match the Barney colors. The purple really brings out the green color. Thank God cake was well-received :).

With love,
Susanne

(Updated 22/1 morning)
I was surprised at the overwhelming response and encouragements (thank you so much!) and some asked me to share how I shaped the Barney so I will try to describe here. I apologize for the lack of pictures as I was trying to work quickly to prevent the cake from drying up and have also shared previously that I have difficulty coping with blogging and the demands of family. Thanks for understanding, so here goes!

I do not have a Barney cake mold unfortunately and the one I see online doesn't look like Barney to me :p. So here I have baked the Barney face in an oval glass bowl, then cut the face into Barney shape using a sharp fruit knife. You can use a template but I didn't as I thought it was quite straightforward. Next I cut out the shape of the nose and from the back of the cake, pushed the nose up. Then I used the knife to carve and smooth-en the edges for a round finishing. Then I stuff a black charcoal mouth cake from behind to form the mouth. Lastly, I lined the black mouth cake with a thin layer of cream vanilla chiffon cake for the teeth (top and bottom). I used a brush of melted marshmallows to join everything together. I had a little difficulty transferring the final face onto the cake (mouth piece fell off LOL) and I scrambled to put it back together! But I haven't thought of a better solution though..

Thank you everyone!

With love,
Susanne