Made this for my friend, a Canadian chef marrying his American restaurant hostess wife. He asked me to make him as a beaver and her as an eagle to represent their countries.

I decided to buy modelling clay instead of trying to do this in gumpaste or fondant. I'd never done much figurine sculpting before, but it wasn't that hard I guess. Pretty fun. (It did only take 2 hours to make the cake but about 5 hours to make the figurines though, so I guess I know my forte, haha!)

Used my new Wilton Giant Cupcake pan for it, SO much easier than carving. Great purchase. I covered the base of the cupcake in chocolate fondant and did the top portion in buttercream. The cherry is fondant too.