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Zombie Cake

I made this cake for my brother's birthday last year. The cake was yellow cake colored green and chocolate cake layered in a checkerboard pattern. It was decorated with vanilla frosting, sour Skittles, and silhouettes of the undead cut from raspberry fruit roll ups. I found that cutting fruit roll ups with a clean exact-o knife was much easier than trying to color fondant evenly, roll it thin enough, and then cut precisely.

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Jun 20, 2011. 10:22 AMt217265 says:

Were you going to instruct us on how to make this, or are you just showing off your skills?

Jul 2, 2011. 9:24 AMtrailleadr says:

I agree. Looks impressive, but let's not forget the purpose of the site. :) After all it's not "bragables.com" :p

Jul 2, 2011. 11:42 AMGirlGeek79 (author) says:

I posted this for the photo instructable contest, hence no instructions at the time. I was veeeery pregnant when I made that cake and am now pretty busy with a baby so I haven't had time to make another one with pics along the way. This is a great instructable on how to do the checkerboard:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Checker-Board-Cake/

The zombies are simply fruit roll ups that I cut with a fresh x-acto knife using a print out of the zombie shapes that I could see through the dried fruit rolls. I left the backing on the fruit rolls until I was finished cutting out the shapes.

Jul 3, 2011. 9:29 AMtrailleadr says:

Thanks for the reply, and the link.
And congrats for your baby! :)