How to make a Dragon Cake

Step 8 Build the neck, tail

Now figure out what you'll need for the neck and the tail.

For the larger dragon, I repeated steps 4-6 with long to make a neck and tail that was filled with cake.

For the smaller dragon, I just shaped some of the excess fondant from the body and head into a neck, and added a rolled up piece of fondant for the tail. The places where they join will be covered in strips of a different color, so the joints don't have to be super neat.

See the pictures for more info.

Then cut strips of your other fondant colors, and cover the joints. Drape over, trim off excess, and tuck ends under.

PS, save the scraps from the strips, you can use them in the decorating later.

Also note, the smaller dragon could be worked with on a plate and then transferred to the cake. I built the larger one on the actual cake, which was a little more difficult, but I didn't want to mess it up in transferring it. If you build yours on the cake, don't worry too much about messing up your base icing--you will a bit--, we'll clean it up at the end.