Please Help!how To Hold A Head In A 3D Cake
Decorating By meliais Updated 14 Nov 2008 , 11:02am by meliais
I need to do a 3d cake theme pocoyo and the mother of the boy want a 3d pocoyo, so i dont know how to hold the head, and i dont know the proportions head-body, I dont know anything about 3d cakes!
As you can see, this cartoon have a big big head, so i need ideas to make it as realistic as posible, and, if it it posible make it all with cake.
Help please!
I have read here that people actually crush the RK more so they get a smoother surface. I would think you could mold them with your hands, I have only worked with them a few times and that was before I read about crushing them more. I think people put them in a food processor.
I recommend crushing the rice crispies, makes for a firmer structure and smoother appearance. You will probably need to put a couple of dowels in the body in order to support the weight head and also put a dowel through the head and into the body. Perhaps have the head sit on a small piece of cardboard. I would also use royal icing to help secure it. I hope I made sense! 
It is for 15 persons, not too big. I was thinking on sculpt the cake, body and head for separate, and then put it together, but as you can see, to make the pocoyo as real as posible, the head will be too big and maybe the body will not support the weight of the head......i dont know, maybe is better with rkt....or making the head smaller with cake,....
Hmmm, I do carved cakes but nothing like this. I'm thinking what would they do on the cake challenges?
They would probably us a PVC pipe for a center support. Place cake around the PVC pipe for the body and carve. Use RKT for the head. I'm not sure what they would use for the arms?
I can't wait to see how it turns out!
its been hours thinking and looking at the picture of this cartoon, trying to find the best way to do it.
Maybe if i put it seated, it will be better.....arms and head with RKT...
this is going to be funny....i will try to make a step by step article or something.
Piece of Cake! 
take a wooden base board...then a round 8 inch Cut a 3/4 to 1 inch round wooden dowel as tall as you want him from toes to neck.
Screw the dowel into the center of the base board from the bottom...Then screw the round board centered on the top of the dowel.
Use LONG screws- and it is easier to actually drill holes with a smaller bit first...then do the screwing
If you stack 4inch rounds on the center dowel before you screw the top board on it will be easier. Carve the body- there wont't be many servings. Count the servings from the head mostly.
Then stack the head cake on the top board ....if you have a good carpenter- you can probably get him to shape the board -- but the round will be OK. When you get the shape in- pipe heavy crusting butter cream over the edges of the chin part to cover the board...not too thick- but enough to soften the edges. If you cover it with colored fondant- you know how to go from here!
if you are delivering it- make sure the bottom board is much larger than the top to anchor it- so it won't tip in the car- good luck!
I basicly did what Janet is suggesting with these cakes:
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1280512
As you can see there is NO body at all 
The cakes are a bit 'scary' sorry, but it was for halloween. Each head is ~ one cake each from a 12x9x3 pan!
Each head has a small wood platform that is stacked 3 or 4 cakes pieces high. In my ganache recipe I use 2 1/2 lb chocolate to 1 3/4 c cream and that makes the ganache a bit more sturdy to sculpt. I also use ganache for underneath the wood platform and then cover that with fondant and that holds everything in nicely. Once the ganache sets it becomes very sturdy.
Good luck
I need to do a 3d cake theme pocoyo and the mother of the boy want a 3d pocoyo, so i dont know how to hold the head, and i dont know the proportions head-body, I dont know anything about 3d cakes!
As you can see, this cartoon have a big big head, so i need ideas to make it as realistic as posible, and, if it it posible make it all with cake.
Help please!
TooMuchCake's website... Directions for a standing person.
http://www.cakedalaska.com/Caked_Alaska/Nightmare.html
Directions for a sitting monkey, if you decide to go that route.
http://www.cakedalaska.com/Caked_Alaska/Monkey_see.html
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