Dressed Igbo Woman Cake

This cakes depicts a well dressed Igbo woman with her head tie, beaded lace top, double wrappers, shoes and jewelry to match. Igbo is a language and an ethnic group found predominantly in eastern Nigeria. In this cake, I tried to feature the attire you would find an Igbo woman wearing when she is heading out for a festival or ceremony. In particular, it features the iconic star Ankara wrapper which is worn by a lot of women in Nigeria. The cake was made for a grand mother who was marking her birthday.

The cake itself is a two tier 6 on 8 inch cake. The top tier is a red velvet cake frosted with creamcheese frosting. The bottom tier is a Nigerian cake frosted with vanilla buttercream. All the design work was done with marshmallow fondant.

On the right side of the cake board is a red stiletto. A tutorial on how I make my shoes can be found here.

On the left side of the cake board is a bracelet made with beads. The bracelet is made entirely of marshmallow fondant and a tutorial on how to make it can be found here.

A tutorial on how this cake was made cane be found here. Below are a few other views of it.

About Terry Adido

Terry Adido is passionate about showing people how easy it is to recreate restaurant quality meals in the comfort of their kitchens. With a style of cooking he refers to as Afro-European Fusion, his meals are influenced greatly by French and Italian Cuisine with a West African twist. If you love good food, you are in for the ride of your life.