I Love Ewe~ A Valentine's Cake Tutorial

Love is in the air and today I'm going to show you how to make the CUTEST Valentine's Day Cake with an "I Love Ewe theme"!

 

If you need a fun cake idea for Valentine's Day or anniversaries, or if you're wondering how to make cute little sheep cake toppers, you have come to the right place!

My Valentine's Day Cake inspiration often comes from funny Valentine's Day card sayings--especially children's Valentines--they are just too cute to pass up!

Today is no exception, with our "I Love Ewe" cake theme. This actually gave me the perfect excuse to make some sweet sheep cake toppers! They are so easy--let me show you how....

 

How to Make Fondant sheep and our "I love ewe Cake"

First, I snapped four lollipop sticks in half, making 8 legs.  (I actually shortened them even more later after I realized they were crazy long legged sheep!) :0)

I painted them using Americolor Super Black coloring gel mixed with a little vodka.  The vodka helps the "paint" to dry more quickly--alcohol evaporates leaving the dried color behind.  (Works with lemon extract too.)

 

Next, I split one 22g. rice cereal treat in half and compressed them into two ovals.  These will become our sheep bodies.

Melt some candy melts (we are using this for glue but you won't need much)-- and dip the tip of the legs into it before pushing into the cereal treat body.

Stand it back up again and position the legs so that the sheep is balanced.  The chocolate that secures the legs will begin setting up while you attach the head (Raisinette) with more chocolate.  You'll need to hold it in place for a minute before it is secure.

Cuteness!  We are getting there...
 I dressed my ewe in a puffy coat of piped royal icing.  I piped individual balls of royal icing all over.  Piping around the legs gives them even more support as the royal icing sets.

In a completely unnecessary and unplanned step--I painted her Raisinette head with the black "paint" mentioned above.  She would have looked just as cute to be left alone but I couldn't help myself.

I gave her some black fondant ears since I had the black fondant out anyway for my letters.  Ears could be made from anything--black buttercream, black royal icing, snippets of black candy (or brown for that matter--whatever matches the head.)  ;0)

 Here's my boy sheep.  I made him just as with my girl, but let him stand upright.  He has work to do...a sweet banner to hang on the cake, so he needs to have arms outstretched. ;0) -- I always have styrofoam around the house so I let him stand in that while I did my piping.  I've found that a roll of paper towels can work the same way when in a pinch--just push the lollipop stick legs into the top of a roll of paper towels to keep it upright while you work.

Here's my sheep all dressed up and with royal icing eyes that are piped with a Wilton tip 1.  I wanted to show you that I anchored his feet in a soft piece of fondant.  I'll pipe some royal on it later and throw sprinkles onto it to hide it!  I pushed him right up against the cake.  His arm helps to anchor him too--and I piped my bow right in that area so it looks like he is hanging his sweet banner.  Isn't he cute?!

 

 

My banner is made up of circles which I cut from fondant using a big piping tip (I grabbed a Wilton 125 but any fat tip will do.)

Then I painted them with stripes using Americolor Deep Pink combined with a little vodka.    After they dried I started writing my letters and then was reminded how bad my handwriting can be.  So, I grabbed my tappit cutters instead and glued them on with a little sugar glue.

I added a few final touches-- for instance, our sweet ewe needed a little red fondant bow and some matching red shoes. ;0) -- I also cut out a red fondant heart.  I debated on making a cake topper but was afraid to detract from our sweet scene--so instead I piped hearts all over the top of the cake with a Wilton tip 4.  

Our fondant accents are attached with dots of buttercream, and the string from our banner is buttercream piped with a Wilton tip 1.

 

And are finished!! I just love these little modeled sheep- and I love a good pun too ;0) -  Ewe absolutely MUST make this sweet cake for Valentine's Day!!  If you do, please leave a photo in the comments below- we would love to see!

 

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you found a technique or two that you'd like to try~ see you next time!  xo

 

Check out our other Valentine's Day Cake Designs!

We've made lots of cute Valentine's Day Cake Tutorials over the years! You can find a full roundup here: Favorite Valentine's Day Cake Designs and Tutorials. Here are some of our favorites free Valentine's Day cakes:

• Lots of Love Cake (with Candy Coating decorations)- Free Cake Video

 

• I Love you a Latte- Free Cake Video

 

• Sweet Stick Figure Couple (candy coating)- Free Cake Video

 

• How to Make a Chocolate Panel Cake (marbled) -Free Cake Video

 

• Owl Love You Forever (free cake video)

 

.....and SO many. more!

 

Best Valentine's Day Cake Recipes

And while we're on the subject of Valentine's Day cakes, I have to talk to you about our collection of favorite Valentine's Day cake recipes! Cakes like Pink Champagne Cake, Black Forest Cake, Red Velvet Cake, Devil's Food Cake with Raspberry Frosting, and so many more! You can find all of the details here: 

Best Cake Recipes for Valentine's Day