So I made two cakes for the Iowa State Fair this year, a chameleon cake (Pascal from Tangled), and and castle dragon cake. My chameleon cake placed second and my castle dragon cake didn't place at all.
The first cake is my Pascal cake. I was going to make this cake for a friend's birthday a year ago, but the order was canceled. I liked the design idea too much, so I made it for the Iowa State Fair this year. To make the cake stable, I created an internal support system for the rice krispies to sit on.
The first cake is my Pascal cake. I was going to make this cake for a friend's birthday a year ago, but the order was canceled. I liked the design idea too much, so I made it for the Iowa State Fair this year. To make the cake stable, I created an internal support system for the rice krispies to sit on.
The next step in making this cake was to fill the stand with rice krispies. I used rice krispies because this cake was made for display purposes only and I didn't want to use styrofoam because it isn't very forgiving if you cut too much off.
Once I had the shape I desired, I covered the rice krispies in white chocolate to create a smooth surface for the modeling chocolate that was going on next.
I then covered the cake in green modeling chocolate. I used a round frosting tip to add the scale texture to the modeling chocolate.
Next I added the base cover and tail wire to the cake.
I then added the eyes, legs, and more details to the cake.
I finished off the cake by adding the iris to the eye and finishing details.
The second cake I made for the Iowa state fair was a castle dragon cake. I began construction of the cake with sheets of rice krispies cut into a simple castle shape.
I added some more rice krispies to the base to made the cake look like a castle.
I next covered the cake in chocolate to create a smooth surface.
I added fondant bricks one at a time to the cake. This took around 12 hours to place all of the bricks.
I then layered the coloring onto the bricks using my air brush.
I finished off the cake by adding a dragon and water. To make the tail elevated, I used a copper wire. The dragon was made using modeling chocolate. I used a round piping tip to add the scale texture. I hand-molded the wings and added them after I had the dragon body completed. The water is blue buttercream frosting.