Louisiana Lagniappe

I made this cake for our very first cake competition. The theme for the category that I entered was "Sweet Louisiana". This is a 34in X 34in board covered with nearly 300 gumpaste squares to look like a checkered table cloth. The crawfish pot is covered in fondant and all of the crawfish, potatoes, corn are made of gumpaste. We made the boiling water by pouring poured sugar over ice. The alligator is molded with rice crispies, covered in fondant and then airbrushed. The last detail and my favorite is the edible newspaper which is a copy of the New Orleans area paper the day after the Saints won the superbowl!!! This cake won first place in the Sweet Louisiana category and overall best of show in it's division. TFL!!!

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