I'm trying to find a picture of a fire breathing dragon. Preferably 3D with the head tilted upwards and candles pushed down its mouth (that sounds terrible!) for the fire effect. I haven't got the confidence to create a cake this adventurous from my imagination! Thanks.

This is the only 3D dragon cake I could find. See www.pbase.com for several shots of the cake. The photo below is only one view. I'm not sure how the body of the dragon was made. Perhaps some of the more experienced decorators would have a clue.

It looks like fondant with some luster dust to me...

Have you done a search under the galleries? There are quite a few, most are made by round cake cut in half and put together and on their side with some fondant or candy caly accents for the head and tail...

WOW, that is one fantastic cake, but a bit too advanced for me - thank you anyway

I found a web site with a 3-D dragon cake picture and instructions on how to make it...I think it might be a scan from an old Wilton yearbook. I'm not sure.

Here's the link to the site: http://members.nuvox.net/~zt.proicer/cakepict/goodies.htm

Here's the instruction sheet from it: http://members.nuvox.net/~zt.proicer/cakepict/dragon2.jpg

and here's the finished dragon cake picture: http://members.nuvox.net/~zt.proicer/cakepict/dragon1.jpg

Good luck!

yep..that's from one of the old Celebrats hardback books. The cake itself is simple enough. They just cut a horseshoe cake (or was it a ring cake) in half and positioned the two halves together and used candy melts to make the spikes and marshmallows to form the legs and a few other details. Looks very impressive but it's not hard to do at all once you read the directions through once or twice.

Thanks Britton for the links. I'm going to save this one!