My client wanted a Ganesh cake for her husband's 40th birthday--he is the Hindu god with 4 arms and an elephant head. I scuplted Ganesh's body from RKT and formed his head, arms and legs from a fondant/gumpaste mix. I formed parts of the crown, the necklace and belt from Indian-style beads I made silicone molds from. The pillow cakes were red velvet and carrot (the recipe from Colette Peter's book--very sturdy and DELISH!) I covered the tops and bottoms seperately. Piped designs with royal icing--really my first try at piping. Then I painted, painted, painted everything gold! Also, my fondant gun got quite a workout with this cake! Ganesh varies from image to image, but I created him with an ax, rope, bowl of sweets and symbol for "Om" in his hands. Also, he always has a little mouse with him (that he rides on :) And he's sitting on a 'lotus flower' made from red fondant.