Cake toppers

[nannerl]

This is a stupendously unimportant thing, given all the other stuff that's happened today, but I'm still throwing it up here for comment. Just know I know I'm being ridiculous.

Will's baptism is coming up and I want to take food plus cake in for the congregation fellowship hour. We don't have the budget for a custom cake for that many people, so I was going to do what I did last time and dress up a big Costco sheet cake. I was thinking about just buying a Noah's Ark cake topper and doing the fondant lettering and coordinating doodads myself (I know my limits here).

A local cake shop quoted me $50 for a 6"x 6" 3D ark, but I'm also seeing similar sized toppers on etsy for $35-$45 made from cold porcelain. I know nothing about this material-- I'm just assuming it's light enough not to collapse a cake.

Any thoughts?

[katfco]

What if you just bought some Noah's ark toys and put them on a blue sheet cake? I did that once when Abby wanted a My Little Pony cake. It looked cute and was really easy.

[nannerl]

I had thought about that! We have a wooden ark already, but I kind of like the little people one too. I dunno... I'm sure I'll get decisive at some point!

[blane12]

I'll preface this by saying I don't know much about cakes, but I'd make sure to check shipping as shipping can be high on etsy, and you may end up spending $50ish through there as well.

[laurack]

that topper is so cute! I think the bakery is the best option mainly because I just don't know how people ship these things without them falling into a million pieces! if I touch one of my fondant figures a piece falls off lol

I'd offer to make you one but there's no way it would make it unscathed.

[TrudyCampbell]

I don't see a pic but t sounds cute!! I think anything will be great. People like cake no matter what

[nannerl]

Thanks for the offer laurack-- I totally understand the shipping issue. I'm thinking that's why the etsy ones are cold porcelain.

TrudyCampbell, truer words have never been spoken 😋

[Deleted]

I would just use a plastic figurine if you can find one. Super easy and everyone loves cake lol. I went cheap on A's birthday cake by putting plastic trolls on her cake, nobody cared!

[teamhayes]

Personally it's cake
Everyone loves cake right?
I would get the Costco cake as is
It says happy baptism
It's super generous by just being cake
Have Costco write happy baptism and a cross or ask if they can pipe an ark