This is an odd cake – but it is what my now 13-year-old son has been asking for all year as his birthday cake. And I am a sucker for my kiddies and will do just about anything for them ;) It is based on a video game he is obsessed with – Plants vs Zombies. The cake was inspired by the wild west game level, and the plant on top is a snapdragon. Logan wanted to keep the snapdragon, so I built up modeling chocolate over a styro ball and wire. I was really glad I did that and didn’t use rkt, as he ended up being really heavy. I also created the fence, cacti, cow skull/bones out of modeling chocolate. The cake itself was chocolate filled with brown sugar buttercream and salted caramel. I was pretty rough with the fondant and was attempting to get a rocky look as in the game. I wish I would’ve used ganache to keep things sharper, but it all worked out pretty well anyway ;) I also added some royal icing for additional texture before painting the fondant with food colors. Logan loved it and we are going to shelve the snapdragon next to his graboid from last year’s birthday :) Thanks for looking! :)