My heart beat a quick pitter patter when a picture of this cute little dragon came across a text message on my phone. Creating cakes like this or like a Lightning McQueen cake I spent intricate hours making for my son, tends to make me rethink the desire to advance my cake skills. To all you amazing individuals that create delicious masterpieces out of cake and frosting perhaps you have some tips to add to ours?
Tip #1 Freeze the cake after you make it. This makes it easier to carve into shapes.
Tip #2 Think of frosting in layers. No need to complete the canvas in one take.
Tip #3 Use different cake tips for a different effect.
Tip #4 This tip is for me. Patience my friend! I asked my friend at Topsy Turvy and she told me a cake she made probably took 6-8 hours and I am absolutely positive there are more extravagant cakes out there that take many more hours than that.
Tip #5 Invite lots of friend to eat and enjoy! Okay, let’s face it; that should always be the first basic rule when you make something with chocolate. 
What is the most unique cake you have ever made?
Love the dragon! Me- cake maker- uniqueness… don’t belong in same sentence! I love watching cake competitions on tv… does that count?
I still have not watched one of those cake shows… perhaps one of these days when we actually plug in our tv.. Opps! The secret is out!
Gina the cake looks awesome!! I think the most intricate cake I’ve ever made was a Big Bird cake for my son’s first birthday.
What a joy! And you’re right… Patience is an ingredient in all cake making! Grace, peace and blessings, Carla
Did you stop after his first birthday? For my sons first birthday I tried the healthy route and did a honey whole wheat cake with yogurt frosting. The Lightning McQueen cake was for his second birthday. I have no idea what I am going to do next- perhaps enlist the help of my sister!
Wow! Seriously impressed!
That is a crazy good dragon. I also like the color in it.
Thanks for taking a peek at our blog today! I am continually surprised at what I see in the cake world.
What a fun cake! I love the coins for effect. I know my son would just flip for this, and the coins would take it over the top. Nice work.
It was all my sister. Who know what is in her creative little brain sometimes.
It is fun to see we are both creative, but very much in our own way.
Wow you did an excellent job on both. I went back to look at the lighting McQueen cake. Let’s see the most unique on I ever made……………………..uh…………………… oh okay. I make some orange cupcakes for a red velvet recipe, I just made orange food coloring. The tops had those candy corn pumpkins on them. They were really cute
That Lightning McQueen cake is the only attempt I have made so far… I am sure there will be others, but it does take time. I have seen some amazing cakes out there. Thanks for coming by!
Oh my goodness! What a cool cake!
Thanks for coming by Jessica! Will you be at the blogger event tomorrow? Maybe I will see you then.
How fun is that. When I have some kids over this would a great thing to serve them, don’t you think? BTW: I am so escited about LV…
Me too! I just ordered busienss cards last night. And I saw that there is a chocolate fountain in Vegas that I want to check out too.
Oh yes, that sounds fun. I have new cards too. I was thinking about getting a blouse or shirt with my logo. I’m sure I’ll have the time.
I have thought about that too… last time I just brought chocolate that one of my friends makes and I am thinking about doing that again.
Looks wonderful, you did a great job!
My sister is uber creative and my mom is a perfectionist… so I think it turned out pretty good. Thanks for coming by!
This dragon is incredible! You really can make anything out of chocolate. He almost looks too good to eat. Definitely saying almost because I can gobble anything down that is made of chocolate.
I wanted to invite you to share this project on my blog, Confetti Diaries, link party this week. I know my reader’s would enjoy such fun inspiration. We hope to see you there!
http://confettidiaries.com/2012/09/wednesdays-goody-bag-link-party-3/
Thank you for the invite! Hopefully I can catch you next week. This past week, well it flew by… since I am answering your comment a few days late, you probably guessed that! Hope you had a good weekend!