B2 Birthday!

So a very lucky man turned 21 a little while ago and his wife wanted to get him a very special cake. What she chose was adapted from an army cake that she had seen and liked.

It has been rainy and humid down here, a lot more humid than what I'm used to and it has been giving me difficulties with my fondant, specifically calculating the drying time for figures and the gum paste to fondant ratio to make the models dry in a timely manner while still being "fresh".  The B2 was made with a 50/50 ratio and the rest of the fondant decorations on the cake were simply that, fondant.. since they did not need to be rigid at all.

But enough boring details! Here's the pics!

The model B2 was so much fun to make! It took several tries before my husband was pleased enough with the accuracy of the wing angles to let me finally put it on the cake.  

 These dog tags were so CUTE!

Unfortunately there wasn't room for happy birthday on the top of the cake, without crowding everything else. However, there's always somewhere you can squeeze it in!