How to: Dragon Cake

I love birthdays.
Just LOVE them.
This year, my lil' fella wanted a "How to Train Your Dragon" Birthday....
Complete with his request of an "Orange Dragon cake with Blue wings."
He asked.
I delivered...
Remember, I L-O-V-E Birthdays!
So here it is:

And now, for the step by step directions.

SUPPLIES:

1 Cake Mix

2 - 8" Circle Cake Pans

6 cups of  frosting

1 tube of black frosting

(okay people, I totally order my frosting for my cakes. I know it's cheating, but it saves me time, and well, it turns out the right color every time. I'll let the grocery store do that for me...I'll do the rest:)e

2 Skewers

2 Blue Fruit Roll-Ups

1 Red Fruit Roll-Up

1 Yellow Fruit Roll-Up

2 Junior Mints

2 Yellow Candy Fruit Slices

16 Red Candy Fruit Slices

1 Large Marshmellow

2 Chocolate Chips

10 Keebler Fudge Covered Graham Crackers

Aluminum Foil

Line your JellyRoll pan with Aluminum Foil

Cut your first cake in half. 

The next cake is cut as follows:

Cut the cake in half.

Then, cut the top half in quarters.

The bottom half gets a little tricky.

Cut out the 2 tail portions first, then the top two paws.

Now, stand the two halves up and glue together with frosting.

I also put frosting on the bottom portion to ensure a sturdy base. 

Assembling the Cake:

Okay, so you have your body there in the center of the pan.

Now, add your 2 rectangular shapes for the neck and head.

Then, the 4 triangular shapes for the paws.

And, finally add the tail to complete your dragon.

Icing and Decorating:

This is the fun part!

Okay, and a little stressful.

If the icing starts to pick up crumbs while icing your cake, try a spatula and your finger to smooth out the roughness. Really, when you add the scales, it ends up covering up any little crumb you might have been worried about.

So go ahead and frost your dragon.

Then, add the scales. I used a #3 Wilton cake tip.

Cut the marshmallow in half for the eyes, with 2 chocolate chips on top.

Add the Junior Mints for the nostrils.

Add the 2 Yellow Candy Fruit Slices for the eyebrows.

Place 4 Red Candy Fruit Slices on each paw.

Cut the Chocolate Graham Crackers in thirds using a bread knife.

This will leave 2 triangles and one center piece per cracker.

Take the 2 triangles from each cracker and add the spine of the dragon.

Cut the Yellow and Red Fruit Roll Ups in half, and roll them up for fire at the base of the mouth.

Lastly, roll the tip of the Blue Fruit Roll Ups around the skewers for the wings.

Be sure not to add the wings until just before the big party. They are heavy, and will end up drooping or falling over if placed in the cake too soon.

And there you have it!

The coolest Dragon Cake you've ever seen!

Enjoy!

And, thanks Aly for letting me be a guest on your blog!

Stacey Westenskow