You’re not going to believe this cake.

I barely do, and I watched it being built!  I said in my last Fortunate Friday that I am very thankful for Paul’s new found decorating skills with fondant tools . . . and you will understand what I am talking about when you see this cake.

Give credit where credit is due . . . PAUL!

He did this decorating, and carving, and shaping, and building!  All I did was bake the cake and make the icing. It was him from then on. I can’t say that I handed over the reins very easily. If you know me, you know that I am a control FREAK, and to have someone else in my kitchen, using my tools, decorating my cake, was very difficult for me. But, after relinquishing my bossy, controlling ways I have come to appreciate how letting someone else help can open a whole new door!

The truck is two 9″x13″ slab cakes, and all of the shaping and conturing is done with rice krispies.   Paul was diligent in copying the exact shaping of the real truck.  He had the webpage up on the computer and kept referring back to it whenever he started a new section.

As I did end up with a couple of jobs for this one after all!  I had to bake it, a slightly important step, and I was in charge of the windows.  Such responsibilities, hahaha!  To make the windows a little bit more realistic, I covered them in luster dust, to give them a lovely shine (that you can’t really see).

Inside, the cake was a vanilla with vanilla buttercream.  The vanilla cake that I make is a heavy dense one, and this made carving and shaping easier.  I definitely recommend having a solid cake to carve when you’re attempting a 3D replica.  It’s helpful to have a solid base when you’re building.  The ground under the truck is graham cracker and oreo crumbs, scattered with chocolate rocks.

This cake is stunning . . . if I do say so myself.