My son collects dragons and even though he turned 26, I was determined to make a dragon cake. This cake is the product of a lot of research and plain old good luck!
The body of the cake is homemade chocolate cake baked in a round pan, cooled completely, then cut in half and iced together to form the body. The head, neck, tail and feet were made from molded home made rice krispie treats and the legs were made of Twinkies (cut up to make the correct sizes).
The rice krispie head gave me some problems, so I ended up using slightly melted marshmallows to form the face. Iced entire cake with buttercream icing then covered the entire in fondant. I then created the spikes on his tail, horns and wings out of gum paste. All details were colored in with paint brushes.
I stayed up until 5:30 AM making this cake for him (which also consisted of a middle of the night trip to WalMart to get ideas for the face! It was a true labor of love and well worth it to see the look on his face!
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This is a fantastic cake! I know exactly what it’s like to stay up really late and try to finish a cake. Midnight trip to Wal-Mart and all! You should be super proud of your creation. It doesn’t matter if your kid is 6 or 26, the look on their faces when you bring out something like this that was made especially for them says “I love you” in a way no store-bought cake ever could!
Great job!
Your cake is awesome, I have found the rice crispy treats work well in the decorating of shaped cakes. What us mothers won’t do to put a smile on our children faces. I’m sure your son will remember this cake for years to come.
Your Dragon is Awesome.Well done!! I need to make one next month and if it turns out as good as yours I will be Happy.