In the last couple of weeks i've come to love these characters. I love Larry, he's so funny, and his singing in spanish is fantastic. Anyway, i digress, i was asked about how i made the veggie tales cake in my gallery. Bob was baked in the Wilton sports pan, he was made using a white choc coconut mudcake, he had a board in b/n the two parts and straws to support the board. He was then covered in a layer of red fondant, the top of his head was cut , a 1/8 inch slice was cut off the fondant and a bit of cake. This was to give him the flatter surface required for his head. Then he was covered in another thin layer of fondant. His features were added, and he was put on the board. Larry was done first.
Here are the instructions for Larry followed by the pictures that go with the instructions.
1. The board was done by my husband, he put a screw through the bottom, and screwed on a wooden skewer to the board. I covered the board with fondant, marked the tiles and let it dry. (the board is masonite)
2. A day or so before i had made a gumpaste half circle, which i would recommend being done weeks ahead and solid OR using a half styrofoam ball. Put this on the skewer first. (My half circle got flattened as you can see in the picture )
3. Skewer your first cake. This cake was baked in a 400gm tomato tin, which is about 5 inches high and 3 inches wide.
4. Skewer second cake, and carve top to make it rounded.
5. Cover whole thing with ganache.
6. Cover with fondant, i cut a rectangle, and joined it at the top and back, i smoothed it well, and most of the seams are invisible.
7. Add features, and BOB and you have the two most popular Veggie tales characters.

Nati

PS: Here they are in the gallery, finished, with Happy Birthday message and all.
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Hi Boonenati,

My daughter absolutely loves veggie tales!! I don't think many people in Australia have heard of it before. You did such a fantastic piece of work there!! You are just so creative! Well done!

Regards,
Joan

THANK YOU for this!
One of my twin sons loves veggie tales! Can't wait to make these!

My kids love them too.....and with this as a base, you could do all kinds of different scenes! Thank you, thank you for sharing.

oh where is my hairbrush?

of course Bob doesn't need one....

especially when he's lookin soooooo good the way you made him!!

Thanks guys
I just thought i'd add somehting else. After i took the pictures of the assembly, i decided to tort the cake, i cut each cake into 4-5 pieces, not even, when i assembled it back, i got larry to be a little bent to one side. Hope that makes sense.
Nati

boonenati all your cakes are amazing! Thanks for sharing!

Nati - thanks so much for the instructions and especially the pictures! Those cakes were amazing and it's so nice of you to share the "how-to"! Sometimes we would love to attempt certain things and just aren't sure where to start and how to make it actually "work". You are so sweet and helpful! Thank you.


Marilyn

Thanks, Nati for your generosity in sharing the detailed instructions and photos. My grandchildren will love these cakes!

Sams

Thanks Samsgranny katharry & mommymarilyn

I agree Marilyn, seeing how to's really help, these days when i do something different, I take pictures of the steps in case anyone wants to see how it was done. A lot of the time it is the first time i've attempted it and im learning myself, and a lot of techniques i've attempted, i started thinking that i may fail because i'd never tried it before
Most of the time it works
Nati

Perfect! Just what I needed... thanks a bunch!

We are HUGE Veggie Tales fans in our house! I would absolutely love to try this and they way you explained it, makes it seem possible! Thank you for taking the time to post this, it is very much apprecited! Jen

I've actually added these instructions to my how2cakes website.
Please let me see a pic when you try it. I love seeing ppl achieve success with my instructions. Yeh i get a kick out of it
Nati