Because of the heat wave we are having I am worried about this cake falling apart. I even contemplated about making 50/50 butter/shortening icing instead of my 100% all butter buttercream icing. I bake only chiffon on sponge type cakes so it makes it even susceptible to breakage because chiffon cakes are soft and light. No matter, I just inserted lots of straws in the cake to prevent the top tier from caving into to the bottom tier. I kept the cake in the fridge until the client picked it up. In 30+ weather butter is like thick stew.
Partially decorate each tier seperately. Cover bottom tier with red fondant. I used parchment paper to determine the size of bayamax's face. First I measured the height of the cake. Since the cake is 4" tall I made Bayamax's face to be 3" tall. The diameter of Bayamax's face is approximately 1/3 of the total circumference of the cake. I made a template out of regular white paper. I folded my paper in half and draw half o…