Cigar Box

by Margie F.
(Charles Town WV)

To make the cigar box cake, I made 3 sheet cakes and stacked them. I then cut a square out of the top part to make the rectangle for the cigars to sit in. I then covered the cake in yellow fondant.

I hand painted the brown on the outside of the box to look like wood. Do this by using color gels and water it down with an extract. Layer the paint..gives you wood look.

The top is made out of gum paste. You must let that dry up for a day or two. The ash tray and cigars were hand molded out of modeling chocolate. The name is an edible image:)