Cuckoo Clock Cake
When I was doing my study abroad in college, I bought myself my first cuckoo clock. I loved it. I eventually ended up giving it to some friends when I moved to Europe, but I've always loved cuckoo clocks. How they look, the little cuckoo sound they make, even the ticking when it's not on the hour. I just love it. Cuckoo clocks traditionally come from the black forest area in southern Germany. Cuckoo clocks are really a tie for me to my love of Germany itself. I made some pieces ahead of time. Just ones I wanted to stick off the side a bit, so the fondant had to be dry. I used my wood texture mat, my bird cut outs, and three different leaf cut outs. Then I rolled out some chocolate fondant and textured it with my texture mat. Then I used my cut outs to cut out two birds and several different leaves. I freehanded the branches. I did see the little gaps in the texture, but I wasn't worried because I knew I would eventually cover them with the other decorations. I a...