#fantasy cake

My daughter asked for a dragon cake for this year's birthday party.

The dragon is marzipan (plain marzipan painted with food color including a bit of metallic red edible glitter), its "mountain" is a vegan "mole's cake" (basically chocolate cake filled with banana and a whipped cream containing chocolate splinters, formed to look like a molehill).

I'm quite happy with how it turned out, especially since it was comparatively quick and easy. Originally, I had planned to include way more details on the dragon, but I actually think it works better this way.

I'm slowly learning that when it comes to cake art, less is often more. It fits better with the transient nature of cakes - since they are usually only admired for a short time and then eaten. ^^