Good evening everyone. I need to make a replica of the New Orleans Superdome for May 14th and I don't know where to start. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

here's some sketches that may help

note use of boards at every layer...not really necessary, probably could get by with just one at middle layer, but since I like to tort every layer, feel better safe than sorry buildint this high and with the carved shape.

note areas w/ hatching that you have to cut away (save for cake balls)

cover in fondant (my first pref.) or BC.
If doing fondant, I do base first, then add bottom half of dome, cover it, then add top minus dome top and cover it, then top off w/ white dome.

re: white top....bake the basic shape in either a soccer ball pan or some type of pyrex bowl or other dome shaped pan. trim down for the low dome.

detailing of lines can be done in many ways: painted on, done w/ frosting, etc. and if fondant even impressed (toothpick?) into the fondant.

if this seems too big, scale down to a 9x9 square base and use 8" rounds.

HTH

Thanks for the detailed response but I could not view the attachments. Can you send it to [email protected]? I would really appreciate it.

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