Angry Birds Cake

Hello Steemians and fellow cakers! I thought I would share another cake I made this year. It was requested for a little boy's birthday. He turned 7 years old and LOVES Angry Birds video games. Hence, the theme for his party.
As usual, I was sent some photos of cakes found online by the customer for some inspiration. This is what resulted. (I apologize for the poor quality photos! I am trying to learn to take better pictures.)

I did not know the first thing about Angry Birds except that it was a game about angry birds. I had to start doing some research....thank you Wikipedia! Once I found out the whole premise for the game, it was much easier to envision the decorative elements for the cake. I started making the characters out of modelling chocolate about 2 weeks before the cake was due since I didn't know how many tries it would take to get the genuine expressions on the faces. I googled images of the characters and followed the pictures as closely as I could.

It wasn't as difficult as I feared! I made the piggies first, as they seemed the easiest, but the birds weren't as daunting as I thought they would be.

The birthday boy had one request for his cake....Terrance had to be front and centre! And he kept reminding his grandmother (who was my customer) to make sure I knew Terrance was the bigger red bird. I made this character out of a ball of Rice Krispie Treats covered in modelling chocolate to make sure it wouldn't be too heavy to position on the front of the top tier. I used a wooden skewer to secure it in place.

The small tower beside the top cake tier is made of Rice Krispie Treats and covered in marshmallow fondant. Most of the decorations and characters are made of modelling chocolate. It is so easy to work with, and if you can find the candy melts in different colors you save some time not having to dye the batches to the right color for the project. I always keep some white modelling chocolate on hand to lighten the bright colors if needed.
This cake was a big hit with the birthday boy. I had a lot of fun making it too!