This may have been one of those middle-of-the-night creations inspired by insomnia. By the end, I was exhausted! The quality isn't quite near where I wanted it to be, but I was pleased to have it completed before a crazy school day.
I got this idea from Family Fun magazine. I absolutely love this magazine. They have the cutest everything!
My favorite parts of this cake are the fence and the roof. The fence is put together using pretzel sticks and melted chocolate chips as glue. You can see it easier in the picture posted below. The melted chocolate was piped out of my favorite kitchen utensil, the Ziploc bag. And then the roof! I used extra Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal that I had as shingles. Frost the top and work from the bottom sticking them on.
The siding on the barn is Twizzler twist-n-peel segments. I wasn't as neat with this as I wanted to be.
The other thing I learned tonight? You can color shredded coconut! This is useful information.
A couple things to notice in this picture! And a couple details to make your cake look way better than this! 1. Don't destroy your birds. Baby chicks are fragile creatures. I have one to the left of my cake here who's missing his eyes and the poor guy on the right.... he's just left behind some feathers and his beak. (Blame some predator). 2. Frost your whole cake. Patience got the best of me here! I basically completed a crumb coat, then gave up on the rest. My edges are bad. (Blame some predator). 3. Pay attention to the heights of licorice siding strips. It's the details that take things to the next level!
And here's the promised image of my pretzel fencing.
Happy baking!
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