So my two year old nephew is obsessed with Totoro. My brother-in-law enlisted my help with making a Totoro cake, and I had just began playing with fondant and watching Ace of Cakes... and I decided this was the perfect shape and character to make my first 3D cake. I mean, it's basically a huge fat egg sitting upright. It took me five hours to make, including baking and cooling time (I was hard at work making the MMF the whole time). I used 7 layers of cake I think, and had a dowel for support up the middle. My parents had to take it to his birthday party at their house (4 hours away in Atlanta) - we we built a special cake board with handles for it to stay on. I had some leftover fondant so I made the mini totoro (blue) that is on the right. My brother in law used sprinkles and buttercream icing to fill in the details on the ground where I left off. It was definitely the hardest I've ever worked on a cake! Carving was not my strong point, but it was fun and rewarding. It turned out much better than I thought it would for a first time 3D and third time fondant.