This cake was requested by a client who belongs to a book club. They had just finished “Shanghai Grip”, and there is a scene in which everyone brings a dish to a party. One guest had to bring a cake shaped like an old man’s head. So of course I got the difficult request, not the potato salad or something simple.
I made a very moist, dense carrot cake, lemony cream cheese center, hard frosting on top. I then cut the cake into the outline of a man’s face, and added ears from a 6″ pan of cake cut in half. I then covered the cake in fondant, tinted copper, after putting in applying a furrowed brow, cheeks, and eye sockets.
I added crows feet and laugh lines to age the face, then used a toothpick dipped in brown food coloring to add depth. The reaction is the same from each person who sees the cake, they can’t believe it is cake!
Related cakes:
15+ Cool DIY Monkey Cake Designs for the Birthday Cake Enthusiast 
12+ Coolest Disney Princess Cake Ideas – Awesome DIY Cake Decorating! 
12+ Coolest Castle Cake Ideas – Awesome Homemade Castle Cake Designs! 
Coolest Hunting and Fishing Cake 
12+ Pretty Homemade Princess Cakes 
Todd’s Head on a Plate Cake 
10+ Coolest Princess Cake Ideas 
5 Coolest Homemade Anti-Gravity Cakes