My new Fave cake!

I Love creating cakes - I really do!  Every one is a new challenge and I learn someting from each and every one.  Some cakes "click" I get crazy inspired and can't stop once I get started, while others just sortof come together as planned.

A few weeks ago, I started planning a Monster cake for a little guys 2nd birthday.  His Mom is one of my fave cake customers ever!  Between the two of us (me mostly) we decided on a monster theme - she gave me the color choices and my frosting-Ninja brain started spinning...and spinning...and spinning!!!

Lately, I've been trying to be a little more "grown up' about my cakes.  I tend to have a hard time restraining myself once I get going on a cake and need to be better at planning and stopping when it's time to stop.  So - for this big guy, I started with a sketch. 

I wasn't entirely sure how I would do the arms, but I knew he needed to be tubby and low and squatty with 3 horns and hairy shoulders, wings and a tail.

When I stacked the cake for him, he was super tall and I knew he needed support so I pushed in 3 solid dowels to help hold him up and keep bad things from happening...and then it was time to to turn him into a Monster. :)

 

 

I made his tail out of rice krispies adn marshmallow...but he still didn't look like a Monster.

Then I gave him a bottom lip and a belly and a tooth.  A little more like a Monster, but still...not a Monster.

When I added his horn, teeth and fur and was getting more  and more excited about him.  When I added the eyes, though, I seriously laughed out loud!  I was completely in Love with him and knew I was exactly on track. :)

Spikes on his tail, ears, horns and teh rest of his fur.  A few more details and then...he was done! :)

I couldn't stop smiling!  Seriously - How stinkin cute is he?!!! :)

I Love his little wings!!

And his littel face!  Hello! :)

 Overall, I think he's close enough to the sketch that I can say I followed it. :)  I'm super crazy excited about him (and the "peace sign" is actuall a "2", cuz the Birthday Boy is 2! :) )