Penguins On Holiday

This is the 3D cake I created for the 2010 Threadcakes competition. Bear is 9 layers of cake/ buttercream with a cereal treat bottom, arms and legs. He stood about 18" tall. His penguin buddy on his shoulder is also RKT. The other 3 penguins are each 5 layers of cake, and the icebergs are also cake. The board is covered with 2 shades of blue isomalt for a nice water/ icy effect. All the details are fondant/ gumpaste held on with either tylo glue or royal icing. I built my own armature for this cake (so that Mr. Bear could stand on 2 precariously small legs), and all in all I think it took 55+ hours to create. It was a huge cake-. I made 6 batches of durable chocolate cake, 1 batch of Paula Deen's pound cake, and 1 batch of Carlo's cream cheese pound cake. Not to mention the 8 or so batches of buttercream, 3 batches of rice krispie treats, gumpaste, several pounds of fondant, a couple pounds of isomalt, some royal icing, luster dust, and whole lotta love. Thanks for looking!

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