I took a few photos whilst making this cake. I didn’t know how it would turn out but I was pleased with the result. Like the flower hedgehog cake, it is a fairly simple cake to decorate and the result is impressive (photo’s do not do it justice!).
I baked a deep 5 inch round cake and layered with buttercream. I gave it a coat of buttercream after this.
I made the face and features of the Sloth from fondant with tylo added to keep it firmer. I made the claws from black florist paste mixed with white fondant.
The board is covered in white fondant and I used acrylic letters pressed in for the writing. I painted the letters with edible gold dust mixed with vodka.
I chose ‘this is me’ partly for the sloth which unusually is covered in flowers rather than fur and partly for myself. I realise one of the most enjoyable parts of cake decorating for me is being creative. Something that requires a little thinking time feels good for me.
Next all was needed is to attach the face and features using edible glue.
I piped using 3 flower tips and 1 leaf tip. I stuck to small piping tips to ensure sloth wasn’t ‘too hairy’.
I particularly enjoyed adding the leaves! A little bit like a real sloth with moss growing on them.
Last to add is the hands and feet (before the buttercream dries)
And there you have it. A cute floral sloth cake. Tasty too.
Little Peach Cakery 
He’s a keeper, what a cutie loved your colour scheme too you are definitely on to a thing with the hedgehogs and sloth… wonder if it would work with a cat or dog?
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Thank you, actually I almost made a flower dog for my son but he really loved watching the snowman and wanted a snowman cake. Maybe one day!
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This is too cute! Amazing job!
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Thank you so much
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how tall is this cake? How many people (5 year olds)
would it feed?
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The cake was baked in a 5 inch round 4 inch high tin. It gives approx 8 servings. Really you could make the cake any size you need.
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where did you get the acrylic letters from?
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Hi Sabika, this set was a gift but I have purchased other sets from Sweet Stamps by Amy Cakes
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Hey I was just wondering if you could tell me what the tips are called that you used and what they look like? Thank you
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Hi Kerith, if you search for drop flowers and leaf piping tips any of those would work. Or even a selection of tips for piping cupcakes. Sorry I don’t have the tip numbers to hand
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Would it work to do the cake in 2 layers?
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Yes you could cook seperate layers and build them up. It needs a bit of height to fit the sloth face, hands and feet on.
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Do you make cakes for peoples birthday? I live pretty close and am in love with this cake design but don’t have the skills to make it 😂. How much do you charge to make this cake and to slightly personalise it? Thanks 👍
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Hi Izzy, yes I make cakes to order. Please pop me an email with the date you’d need the cake and I’ll send you a quote. Email is littlepeachcakery@gmail.com
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Gorgeous cake, I am going to attempt this for my daughters birthday next week. How did you make the eyes and nose shiny. X
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Hi Katie, thank you. I used a edible glaze spray or confectioners glaze. If you don’t have these but have a white edible food dust or colour you can paint a dot on the eyes for a light reflection.
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Perfect. Thank you 😊
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I would love to do this for my daughters 11th birthday bc she loved sloths but I don’t know if I can do it or not. How hard was it for y’all to do and how long did it take to do it??
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Hi, its a fairly easy cake as you don’t need to carve it at all. The piping is pretty forgiving too, just do lots of swirls and splodges! The claws are the fiddly part but you could leave these off and just make it a sloth face if need be. Good luck
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Thank you very much for posting your creation and instructions. I had a lot of fun emulating this cake, I found it a great inspiration 🙂
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Thank you Lisa, that’s so nice to hear.
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Thank you for the inspiration! Made it for my daughter and she loved it! Did 18 cm round cake and it was just the right size to impress. Thank you for writing and taking pics of the details it really helped!
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That’s so lovely to hear. I’m glad your daughter loved it and making it went well. Thank you 😊
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I made this for my daughter’s 10th birthday and everybody LOVED it! Thank you . I wish I could share a pic ❤️
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Thats lovely to hear. Thank you, if you are on Facebook or Instagram I am there @littlepeachcakery if you’d like to share a photo 😊
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This cake is adorable! I’m using it as inspiration for my niece’s graduation cake. 🙂 How did you attach the claws? Did you just stick them on top of the buttercream, or do they have something like a toothpick holding them in place?
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Hi, thank you. I just stuck them to the buttercream but if it’s hot weather I might use a cocktail stick to hold them in place.
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What type of buttercream do you use for the piping? Do you use buttercream that sets? This is a gorgeous cake! Hoping to make an upsized version to feed 20…eek!
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Thank you. Yes I use buttercream that sets. It’s 250g unsalted butter and 500g icing sugar.
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That cake is soooo cute!!
Thank you so much for sharing..my granddaughter requested a sloth cake..when i found this i was so excited…so girlie! I made it for her birthday today..She loved it!! Wish i could of added a picture..
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Thank you Lynn, that’s so lovely to hear. If you are on instagram or Facebook you can find me @littlepeachcakery and send me a pic of your granddaughters cute cake!
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