Is this cake durable enough for carving?

I would use a pound cake recipe that could be made into chocolate
Molly2

yes...its what i used for the BMW that i made last year.

I don't know what your carving but I would make sure it was cold (put in the frige) and make sure your cake is very dens recipe (like Pound cake) I did a shark cake I filled the cake then put it in the frige then carved it and covered it with fondant and that was in July in Texas. it did great.

Molly2

Yup, just made a handbag out of that recipe (about to post the pic in a moment!), the trick is to freeze it before carving. Hope that helps!