spaghetti or cake???

by monniemon
(lansdale,PA)

This is a birthday cake i made for my adult niece who loves Garfield the cat. i made garfield's body by sculpting (3) 6 inch round cakes and his head by sculpting (2) 4 inch round cakes. His arms and legs are made from fondant. the bowl of spaghetti was made with the wilton ball pan (use half the ball) then the cake was iced and covered in fondant. the spaghetti was made from fondant and then put through a pasta machine. the meatballs were made from cake with a small watermelon scooper and covered with brownish red fondant the spaghetti sauce was made with piping jel with a little no taste red mix in.The bowl is sitting on cake curved round like a table with fondant draping over it to memic a table cloth. to his right side is a tiered birthday cake with one candle missing,the other candle was in the spaghetti bowl, which is what garfield would rather have instead of cake.He has a oblong cake he is sitting on which was decorated like a present and another to his left side. The cake was a hit,she refused to cut garfield,but they did eat the side cakes