Snake Birthday Cake (slightly img heavy)

[jagger]

I made this cake for my sons's first birthday...in December (I'm a little tardy on uploading the pics).  My mom always made super-awesome cakes for me and my siblings, and I wanted to continue the "tradition" for my little guy.  Here's my first shot at it.

I made two chocolate pound cakes in bundt pans, cut them in half, and arranged them to make a snake shape.  I then coated it with TONS of buttercream frosting (I made a double batch) to even out the parts that fell off and such.  Then I cut out circles from green and white fondants with a shot glass.  The green fondant took forever to get to the right colour, and about a quarter of a jar of paste food colouring...for the longest time it looked like a big wad of chewed gum.  ...Anyway, I painted the white circles with luster dust (mixed with strawberry vodka, which definitely gave them an interesting taste); same with the stripes on the tail.  The eyes and tongue are also fondant.

And that's pretty much it.  Pictures!!



Cross-section


Enjoyment



**Inspired by this cake here:  http://www.coolest-birthday-cakes.com/birthday-cake-decorating-idea.html#c11

[lexi_icedrink]

  I love the second last picture! That cake must have been very jummy!

[krandui]

Mmmm!!! Looks great!

[winstongang]

Great job!

[grendelsmom]

Aww, he's cute!  Great job on the scales, they look really good!

[radiationbaby]

Awesome cake, cute son.

[jolliebell]

I love this! The snake definitely turned out really cute; I think the scales really make it! And it looks soooo yummy.

[strawberrieshk]

looks like it took a lotta work!!

  i'm guessing it was very yummy too (4th pic)?? 

[orangemegan]

VERY cool....I love it! I've never ventured into the world of fondant...but you made it look very nice!

PS...super cute baby

[LilFiney]

this is great!!