XBox 360 Birthday Cake

I have got the sweetest nieces and nephews, let me tell you. I love being able to share my cake talents with them and for them. I love to see their smiles! So, while video games are not MY thing, my niece loves them and requested this XBox cake. Now, I know it's not perfectly to scale, and it's not a perfect representation either, BUT Aubrey loved it and that's really all that matters. 

The cake is vanilla with buttercream frosting. Most of the details are done with marshmallow fondant. The 'controllers' are rice krispy treat covered with buttercream and mmf-mmmmm!

Skylander "Portal" Birthday Cake

Having never heard of "Skylander" before, this cake was a bit of a challenge for me. Turns out, it's a video game, and apparently a popular one at that. Not popular enough yet, though, for there to be too much out there on the old www. LOL. So I did the best I could, after all, I LOVE this little nephew a great deal.  And he was happy with his cake, which makes ME happy with his cake. :O) It's all about the smiles, I'm telling you.  This cake is 2 tiers of vanilla cake with french vanilla creme filling and buttercream frosting, with marshmallow fondant accents. The character on top is an actual game figure, as I just didn't have it in me this time to try to create one from fondant . . . Don't ask me what the symbols on the cake actually mean, as I haven't got a clue, lol.