How to make a sculpted zombie cake.

Step 5: Add some grass/ground to the main cake board base.

Roll out enough green fondant to cover the cake board. Spread a thin layer of buttercream on the board surface so the fondant will stick. Cover it with fondant and remove an area of fondant where the zombie will go. I gave this green fondant and simple crosshatch grassy type texture.

Later, after the zombie is in place I then used more green fondant to build a ridge around the zombie that was raised, up to the edge of the tombstone, that would help hold in the "dirt" and make it look like the ground was being pushed out. I also gave this the same texture.