My friend's husband's 50th birthday cake. He absolutely adores his 4 egg-laying chickens...so this is what came to me for a design :-) The sheet cake on the bottom is actually from Costco..they must not use real butter, as man it was next to impossible to add icing ("grass") and "dirt" to this cake as their icing was so soft and melting like crazy. Anyway...did what I could and as you can clearly see...writting on cakes is NOT my forte! I must get better at that!! Wooden barrel is a chocolate cake. Chicken coop is cereal treats covered in fondant. Hay is coconut, all decorations are fondant. Guy in barrel is made entirelly out of fondant. Sign says "Hollycock Farms" (a private joke). Steaming cup of coffee beside him, as he always sits out with a coffee when he checks on his chickens. Also I kept forgetting to add all the details I'd made earlier (i.e. his black socks...put them on and snapped one final photo. Totally forgot the little chicken eggs and added them much later so they don't show in these pictures...

Fun cake to make though, just from the pure concept. :-)