Crafts- Dragon Cake

I threw a surprise birthday party for my partner at the weekend, in fact it was actually several surprises one after the other. (A surprise visit from friends who live out of town, followed by a surprise trip out for bowling and laser tag, followed by a traditional surprise party at home.) One final surprise was to make him a crazy awesome dragon cake.

I'm fairly proud of how it turned out. I've never tried making a cake like this before and I did encounter a few problems with the materials, (icing is not my friend!), but it all turned out more or less ok in the end. 

Sadly I forgot to take any photos of the inside of the cake but I filled the central body area with jelly beans and strawberry shoelaces so that when the cake got cut open the dragons guts spilled out. I also made the geodes from scratch out of melted chocolate and hard boiled sweets. 

And here's one with my arm so you can get an idea of the scale of the cake.