Cool Homemade 3D Green Dragon Cake

My son requested a dragon cake for his birthday this year. I looked at the other dragon cakes on this site for inspiration and then made a small play-doh model as a guide.

The bottom was a large rectangular chocolate cake. I cut the rectangle into a rough outline of the bottom layer of the dragon. I also made a round white cake and cut it in half. I stacked the halves vertically against each other to make the hump of the dragon back. I used pieces left over from the rectangle base for the tail and to elevate parts of the head and back legs.

I made brown sugar butter-cream to layer the cake with and to cover it all over. My husband made a simple marshmallow fondant which I rolled out and placed as a single sheet over the entire dragon. It did rip in a couple of places which I had to patch, but it wasn’t too difficult with leftover fondant and a bit of water. I also used the fondant to sculpt the horns, eyes and eyebrows, claws and back scales.

I made the mistake of putting tin foil under the cake which ripped when I was trimming the fondant and then stuck to the bottom of the cake so we had to be careful when serving it. I will not use tin foil again. Finally I painted the cake with a paintbrush and some diluted food color.

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