Jerusalem birthday cake for Jonathan Cahn

I have had the privilege of making a Jubilee Birthday cake for Jonathan Cahn (my congregation leader). This is my favorite cake ever!

So I decided to surprise Jonathan with this Jerusalem themed birthday cake, and once I started working on it I realized I should have at least inform his wife of my plans to avoid an uncomfortable situation. When I called and told her of my plans she was praising God, since she wanted so much to get him a specialty cake for his birthday and even went as far as trying to order one from The Cake Boss, but none of her plans prevailed. She was so disappointed about it, but  when I called she realized God had it planned all along...

The bottom tier was yellow cake with Chocolate Bavarian Cream (my favorite). I had it covered with fondant and then applied fondant cutouts of the Jerusalem wall to create an embossed look. I drew the rest of the scenery directly onto the cake using food coloring. I incorporated the Jubilee scripture around the bottom border.

The top tier was cut into a star of David shape and decorated with blue stripes inspired by the Talit (Jewish prayer shawl). It was a chocolate fudge cake with Vanilla Bavarian Cream filling...yummm! 
Around the perimeter of the star I wrote the Aaronic Benediction...May the Lord bless you and keep you Jonathan!

The Shofar resting on the cake was made out of rice crispy treats and covered with dark brown fondant. But perhaps my favorite element of the cake was the little Jonathan figurine. It came out looking just like him :-)

This cake was blessed, everything went smoothly with it and I was so thrilled with the results. I got the best compliment when one of the guests came up to me and said: "I didn't think that a cake that looks this good, could also taste good, but I have to tell you that this cake tastes better then it looks"... 
Music to my ears :-)

Left: Jonathan finally agrees to cut the cake... Right: There I am peeking on the right hand side.