This year, I wanted to do something special for his cake. Not unlike the Giant Ding Dong Cake I posted last week, I took chocolate cake, layered it with ganache and covered it with another good coat of that chocolatey, fudgey goodness. The cake itself was a set of stairs I carved, mostly a prop for the real work of art - Liquid Snake, of Metal Gear Solid fame.
That's right. I made a manly, cigarette smoking video game character out of rice krispie treats and gumpaste. See for yourself:
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| Snake! Snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake!!!! |
And here's a shot of the whole shebang:
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| He's always ducking behind stairs or hiding in barrels so he can shoot people in the head. Hence the chocolate cake staircase. |
Lennon and I used to bicker constantly about which of us is older, since his birthday comes a few days earlier, but he was born early, while I was full term. He always argued that this meant he was older, while I maintained than, starting with conception, I had actually been alive longer. However, the older we get, the more willing I am to concede his point :-)
ReplyDeleteAnd of course, the cake is impressive as always!
ReplyDeleteThis is incredible! Amy, amazing work!!
ReplyDeleteBethany, I must side with Lennon in this to keep peace in my teepee:).
ReplyDeleteThank you for the nice comments, Ladies!
Metal Gear!
ReplyDelete(That is Solid Snake by the way)
Correction noted! SOLID Snake!
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