The Dude

Well, who doesn't love the Big Lebowski? This is a simple single layer White Cake covered in Vanilla Buttercream, and then covered in fondant.
I traced out the designs' outline on some parchment paper (using my laptop as a light board) and placed it over my 6" round cake. Then I carved around my template and frosted the cake. I covered it in fondant and then rolled out gray fondant into long thin pieces. I proceeded to place the pieces onto the cake, attaching them with water until I had the basic outline of the face. I made the bowling pin nose and then the glasses. I originally made the chin black, and later decided that it looked too much like a mouth and changed it to gray. Then I moved the cake onto a gray fondant covered board and used an extruder to create the letters. My most invaluable tools for this cake were an x-acto knife and color shapers. All in all, I really like the way he turned out! (And he tasted pretty good too!) :P