Old School Mario Bros DS Cake

I made this cake a couple of years ago for a customer who wanted a Nintendo DS shaped cake but with an Old School Mario scene from the very first game on the original NES. This is what I came up with. Granted, it's not the BEST DS shaped cake ever made. He didn't want much cake. He was more interested in the scene on the screen.

Most definitely one of the most fun cakes I have EVER made. It took me about 5 hours from start to finish.

My shaped cakes have come a looooong way since then! Still, you never forget your learning projects. I learned a lot from this one. I can't draw very well. So, I used shapes instead to get the picture just right! Cute, no?

Materials:

Two 11" x 7" butter cakes
Strawberry filling
Vanilla Buttercream
Wilton Fondant
Food Coloring

PacMan Lovin'

I know, I know. I like to keep my cake creations on my cake site: Queenie Cakes. However, I'm so tickled that these came out so great, I can't help but brag about it on my craft blog.

Chocolate Fudge cupcakes topped with fondant decorations.

Yo Gabba Gabba Group in Fondant

I usually put these things up on my cake blog: Queenie Cakes. However, I was so proud of how these came out that I felt they were crafty enough to put up here. I had serious doubts whether or not I could pull this project off, but the customer was more than happy with the results, and so was I. (Brobee was actually the main character on the cake done up on an edible frosting sheet. That's why he wasn't sculpted out of fondant.)

Materials:
Fondant
Toothpicks
Wire
Candy or Lollipop Sticks
Gel Food Coloring
(All these materials were bought at AC Moore- with a coupon, of course!)