My husband took our children to see “How To Train Your Dragon” and they were immediately smitten with the movie. My son’s birthday was coming up and when I asked him what kind of cake he would like he said he wanted a dragon cake. When I asked him his favorite he said that “Toothless” was his favorite character.
I am a novice at fondant but knew this was the way to go for me to achieve the effect I wanted for the homemade ‘How to Train your Dragon’ cake. I purchased pre-made fondant for the Toothless character. I used Wilton black coloring gel for his body and yellow for the eyes. I would have liked for his wings to have hardened in a more in-flight position but I am still pleased with the results. I took wrapping paper cardboard tubes and cut them to place under the wings to give them a lifted look.
I used toothpicks to hold the head and legs to the body. When researching what he looked like I looked up pictures on-line and also purchased a How To Train Your Dragon coloring book that gave me a couple different views of his body. I made the dragon a week and a half prior to his birthday and stored it in a plastic container.
Two days prior to my son’s party I made homemade marshmallow fondant and colored it sky blue. The clouds and green grass were leftover fondant pieces from the store-bought fondant. I used butter-cream frosting underneath the fondant on and between the layers of cake. I was worried about the taste of the fondant but I got repeated comments about how tasty it was.
I placed sparkling candles in the mouth of the dragon to give him the spitting fire look. Although the sparkling candles didn’t work well laid on their side, it was definitely a memorable moment when we lit them and the dragon was breathing fire!
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this cake is so awesome! my 22 year old boyfriend loves this movie and so do i =D thank you for your wonderful ideas!
My son is mad about toothless so this is just the idea I was looking for. Only hope I can do half as good a job as you have, it’s awesome! Great work.