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Big Bird Cake from Mike McCarey Class

I just returned from taking Mike McCarey's Big Bird and Structures class. This is the cake we made in class. I thought it turned out really great and I can't believe it made the 2.5 hour drive home in one piece. There is a skeletal structure, but this is all real cake, covered in fondant and modeling chocolate.

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cakesbyneen 10/17/11 at 7:40pm

Awesome!!!!! :D

mojaki 10/17/11 at 7:43pm

Who knew there were "Big Bird" classes!? Superb job, it looks like a plastic figurine its so perfect!

cakesbyRaewyn 10/17/11 at 8:39pm

Unbelievable! Fantastic! :D :o

dutchcakes 10/17/11 at 10:46pm

WOW! 8O

zuckerblumen 10/17/11 at 11:05pm

:) :) 8

robinmarie 10/18/11 at 3:40am

That is an awesome job! Big Bird looks so real. You should be so proud of yourself

exson2004 10/18/11 at 4:24am

Wowww!! 8O Amazing.

SparkleKat 10/18/11 at 4:39am

This is amazing! 8O

djm3 10/18/11 at 5:49am

OMG!!! awesome work....

BREN28 10/18/11 at 6:33am

you did a great job on it! i've always wondered,how many people would this cake feed?

Rosie2 10/18/11 at 9:28am

Wow!!! amazing, totally amazing!!!

tarabara 10/18/11 at 9:51am

Wow. :o I don't use smilies but I don't have any words for this so the little blue face is going to have to do the talking for me!

Encantoscakes 10/18/11 at 10:14am

can you make a video and pass what you learned beautiful work

tonimaloney 10/18/11 at 10:39am

i love it! great job!

Jan14grands 10/18/11 at 10:42am

Fantastic job! What an amazing job you did on this cake! He's a great decorator and so are you,

cupadeecakes 10/18/11 at 10:57am

Thanks for all the comments, but the class was so good that everyone's looked this good! It only feeds 30 people, had 465 feathers, and the stand would cost $50 to make.

cupadeecakes 10/18/11 at 11:03am

I could never do a video on this because it's not mine to teach. It was a very expensive class and I don't think it would be right for me to give away someone else's information. This is my second class with Mike and it was worth every penny. We learned way more than just Big Bird, we learned about structure in general. This was just a good project that used all kinds of supports from metal pipe to bamboo skewers. Also, if you ever want to learn how to make an awesome car cake, buy his DVD. :D

TheCakeEngineer 10/18/11 at 11:05am

Awesome!! Wish I could have met you while you were in the Atlanta area!! Hopefully I'll run into you at some point! :) I