Witzend, fairy castles aren’t easy and the turrets can look quite rude if you don’t get them right 
MaggieMaybe you are so funny.. I’ve loitered a few times in my life to prop or rescue a cake
I’m sure you must have, Bevthecake! Thank you so much for the insider knowledge re modelling with Rice Krispies and marshmallows. I’m really looking forward to trying that!
The week before lockdown I had a go at a Luigi’s Mansion cake for DGS3’s fifth birthday party. I had to hover by the buffet table so I could keep propping my wilting fondant icing Luigi and Guigi back up against the cake.
@Namsnanny you made me laugh out loud, the times I’ve felt like launching something across the room too 
. The tiger is made of Rice Krispies and marshmallows moulded and covered in sugar paste. I did supported him with a lollipop stick as he had to travel. The krispie mix makes a lighter model than a solid lump of paste, I use it a lot.
Have a go and make sure hubby has a hard hat on this time xx
Lovely, Bevthecake … absolutely lovely! [smiled]
Can I ask is anything supporting the tiger, and is it solid fondant icing?
I really like that you have gone to the trouble of decorating the plates, just like real ones!!
I would give my eye teeth to be given the chance to do something like that for my gc now.
Although I don't know if I have enough patience anymore, but I'm not sure I did years ago, when I used to make novelty cakes for my children's birthday.
Then ready roll icing wasn't available, and I remember having to make the fondant icing with glycerine sugar and food colouring. (Anyone else remember this?)
Well things often became hot, sticky and too difficult to work with.
So a number of times the icing ended up thrown in frustration into the bin!
Once a particularly difficult theme caused me more pressure than I intended, so when my long suffering husband nonchalantly came into the kitchen saying.
'Are you going to be much longer?' followed by 'What on earth that's supposed to be?!'
I confess I lost it, and I launched it in his direction! 
He ducked luckily, and very graciously helped me get the red stains out of the paintwork!!
None were as intricate as yours though!
That’s lovely! I make my DGSs’ cakes, and they keep challenging me. Tracey Island was the most complicated request but I couldn’t quite manage Thunderbird 2 launching from a retractable swimming pool......
I really don’t know how people make a profit from baking novelty cakes when they’re so labour intensive. Or perhaps I’m just very slow.
Bev Did you MAKE that? If so, you are very skilled! You should think about taking orders and making a business. Seriously, well done
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