Moving into 3D

I was asked by a friend to make a Scooby Doo cake for her son's birthday. I had made a cake for him the year before (see The First Cakes) but last year he wanted something special. So she had asked me if I was able to do a 3D cake, and I thought "Why not?"

The first thing I did was make up some royal icing flowers so they would dry in time to put them on the cake. The actual cake was baked in 2 loaf pans, to minimize the cutting and shaping of the cake.

I did an initial layer of frosting and traced the design of the van into it with a toothpick, and then star tipped the design over the initial layer of frosting.

Chocolate Entenmann's chocolate donuts served as the wheels and
an oreo made a very nice spare tire!