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Peacock Party!

3/8/2015

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PictureThe peacock cake and I posing for the camera
Finally, I made a 3 tier peacock cake! I have always wanted to make a peacock cake. Normally, when I am bored and on the internet, I search up "Amazing Cakes". Ever since I came across a peacock cake, I have always wanted to make one. It finally happened! Madhavi Aunty helped me fulfill my wish. She ordered a peacock cake for her daughter, Radhika, for her sweet sixteen. Thank you Madhavi Aunty and Radhika! 
I had to do so much work for this cake, and I enjoyed every second of it. The peacock body was made out of rice crispies, and it took me several tries to get it right. The process to make the peacock feathers took a very long time. I decided to make trial feathers with different colors, and I had my parents choose their favorite feathers. This way, I could decide which color combinations looked better together. You can find pictures of them in the slideshow below. After the feather was chosen, I had to make replicas of it. Getting the feathers to look almost identical was somewhat hard, but I was up for the challenge. Luckily, on Thursday I had a snow day, and this allowed me to start and finish the feathers of the cake. I was really pleased with the end result of the feathers.


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Trial feathers and wings. Bottom row has the final choice.
My favorite part of the process came next, the assembly. What I enjoy about it is that you start to see the cake come alive. The assembly made the peacock look realistic. I forced my dad to record the assembly of the feathers; the video is underneath the slideshow. Don’t look at the video and say “Wow! How did she assemble the cake in a minute?” I didn’t. Just the feather assembly took me more than 30 min. The whole cake took me about 20 hours to complete, without including the time I spent on research. 

Cake Fun Facts:

Weight (Heaviest Cake so far): 20lbs

Height (second tallest cake so far): 16 in

Cost (most expensive cake so far) - $200

First time delivering and setting up the cake at the venue

First time making a 3 tier cake – 10”, 8”, 6” 

Hope you had a great party Radhika! Happy Birthday!
8 Comments
Ameetha Aunty
3/9/2015 12:04:23 am

Hi Sanju,

Amazing peacock cake! I'm really happy and surprised how much talent you have in you! You have rwonderful parents to support your adventures.Let the goodness in you spread to all around you through your fantabulous creations. All my blessings.
Luv
Ameetha Aunty

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Madhavi Puppala
3/9/2015 03:26:48 am

Sanjana, VERY VERY PROUD of YOU!! You totally surprised and awestruck all our family and friends on this peacock cake order during this past weekend Sweet Sixteen Party !! A BIG THANK YOU for making this happen for our party theme!! It was the biggest hit and Highlight of the party !!!!Love You and may God bless you for your dreams to come true - Madhavi Aunty

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Nivedita Subramanian
3/9/2015 07:30:57 am

Awesome work Sanjana! Love your 3-tier peacock cake. Its simply amazing. Love all the detailing of the feathers. You are very talented.
God bless you!

Nivedita

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Rekha Srinivasan
3/10/2015 12:02:44 am

Hi Sanjana - as usual your cake design looks AWESOME ! looking forward to having some this April also !

Rekha aunty

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Manju D
3/11/2015 10:42:06 pm

The cake was awesome! and the decoration was flawless!

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Thriveni Sanagala
3/11/2015 10:43:08 pm

Hari Om Sanjana, great job! I wish you were in Chicago so that I can order vineeth's graduation cake from you!

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Jayashree Perimma
3/24/2015 02:00:26 am

Hi sanju,peacock cake is just amazing.peacock looks so real.I am really very proud of you.I have shown this to all my friends and they were very astonished to see a small girl baking such lovely cakes.hats off to you sanju for your great efforts and wishing you great days ahead.

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Swathi Palla
3/27/2015 10:05:27 am

Hi Sanjana,
Thankyou so much for the cake. I loved it a lot and it came out exactly how I wanted it to be. The flower design was amazing. All of the guests liked the cake from the outside to the taste of the inside. Thankyou for spending so much time and making the cake so wonderful. I love the flavor of the cake to the fillings. I hope you have more inspiration from the world to create more beautiful masterpieces.

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    I am Sanjana Srinivasan and I started baking when I was 11 years old. Thanks to cupcake wars! A year later, June 2013,  I started an online bakery called Frosted World . I donate all the money I make to charity. Hopefully, I will learn to become a better baker, and a better person in general. It feels good to bake cupcakes for a cause.  Thanks for all your support!

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