Dark Tower Birthday Cake

Wow, right about the time I was ready to give up on birthday cake forever. Four kids -- and every birthday I try to tell them to go with a birthday pie, or cookie or something -- anything but cake! But now I'll have to take a new approach. "Hey, how about a Dark Tower birthday cake for your eigth birthday?" We'll see how that flys.

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Mrs. Mabe writes about her cake, "This is a cake my dad and I made together for my mom's birthday. It's based off Stephen King's Dark Tower series, which is my mom's absolute favorite series by her favorite author. This had some firsts for both of us. Our first figure modeling (and oh boy do we need practice!), our first time painting with food coloring, my first time with chocolate molds. But Mom loved it and we had fun!! Fondant turtle, bear, elephant, and wolf. Melted Jolly Ranchers for the "beams". Painted flower vase for the tower. Candy melts for the roses."

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You can find more pictures of the Dark Tower birthday cake at: http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1549005&sub=1549006