Crayon Cake

This ended up being a bit of work, but I am super happy with how it turned out. One of my favorites. Personally, I think it's way cuter than anything else I saw out there. I'm especially glad the 'paper' turned out so cute--I had never seen anything like it, but I wanted to give it a try. Sometimes my experiments don't turn out so well... Oh, and that crayon in the middle of the top is actually purple. In case you're wondering why I made two blue crayons. Goofy lighting.


Here's how I put it together (in case I ever have to do this again):

• freeze a 9x13 cake until it's hard
• slap it on a piece of cardboard
• carve the shape (I cut off the top layer of crayons to make it easier to fondant the bottom layer. Next time I'll probably do all the crayons individually--it was actually easier that way).
• cut cardboard to match the shape of the cake

• Ice cake, cover the 'box' with fondant
  

• cover the crayons in fondant, stick them on the cake
• add decorations
• paint crayons and 'paper' with gel food coloring mixed with lemon extract.
  
• use buttercream to 'write' on the 'paper'.
• Ta-da!