This was for a guys 50th birthday.... all edible, when they saw the cake... they could not believe it was all edible... even the cake drum... I left the PS to make it look like a shop's dusty floor.... the nails were enjoyed by all... and the guy saved the hammer, saw, screwdriver, pencil and ruler.... they loved it... whatcha think???

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Awesome job on the cake! I love how you even thought to put the tape measure on the edge of the board. Perfect!

Very nice

I had to laugh when I saw it. My husband is in the garage right now working on a dresser he's making. I can hear the sander going. So your cake just fit right in to that vision. Fantastic job!! Love the wood grain and the details are fabulous - especially the nails!!!

WOW!!!!THIS IS A WORK OF ART.EVERYTHING LOOKS SOOO REAL.ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT.WELL DONE.

Wow that is one amazing cake, you are very talented, what did you make the cake drum and nails, out of to make them edible?

Great job!

well I found it in your photos- it's awesome! I left a photo comment

I love it!! Great detail on all of the tools, and your wood grain is perfect.

Thanks guys....

Uniqueask: cake drum is a foam board covered with marblelized fondant then dusted with PS... to make it look like a dusty garage floor lol... nails... took gumpaste rolled it with a cel pad faom into a thin long strip and cut the nails.... I bent some nails to make it look like he tried to nail the note the first time and the nail bended on him lol...
the tack nails... I took a #10 tip to cut circles... then with white chocolate I glued the circle to the short nails....

Thanks for explaining, I figured that was what you did, but I thought by some way you may the board out of cake, I was going to say you got some amazing skills to do that, not that you don't, like I said great cake.

that is pretty blooming excellent!! Well done! Sounds like you're well pleased with yourself and good on you!

That is an excellent piece of art!!!!....Congratulations....

wow, great job! my husband does carpentry and would love it! the "dust" is a great touch....I'm still trying to get it pit of my house from renovations.

so how did you get the silver parts to look soooo silver? i have tried coloring fondant grey and then using vodka and luster dust but it never looks like yours. how did you do it??
heidi

but it says on there the site that the highlighter is NON-EDIBLE. didn't you say everything on your cake was edible? i don't want to use anything that people can't eat. am i missing something?
heidi

it's technically (sp?) non edible... it's like dragees.... have u ever had those? when I was little that was the only decorations on cakes and we all ate them.... it was explained here is detail about the ingredients and how it's fine to eat... I don't know how to explain it lol.. but I do know that it's like dragees.... same ingredients....

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Great job! Showed my husband and he asked "are you going to make that for me"

Clever idea, and you pulled it off very well! Did you come up with all this yourself, or did you get the idea from somewhere?

I have a book that had a cake with a hammer and a saw... but it was all cartoony looking... so I used that as a refrence, but making everything look realistic... like when I did the hammer... I got a picture of a real hammer and looked at it while I shaped the hammer... same with the other things... I just didn't want it to look cartoony, I like when things look real... like u can't believe that is actually sugar...the cake board... I thought of that while doing my sketch (the book have a beige covered board)....

i will likely be making this cake next week for my father's birthday. hoping my version looks half as good as yours.
heidi

Awesome!!! if u need any help.... feel free to PM me... I will be more than happy to help u!!

love it, awesome job!!!