Week 10- Sacroiliac Joint cake

This week I had an anatomy project that challenged us to take it in our own direction. Everyone had to present a different joint of the body in some way, so I made a cake! It was a regular yellow cake with  vanilla pudding spread in the middle. I was surprised because I expected something to go disastrous.

So I made the two 8x8 cakes, let them cool completely, spread the vanilla pudding on one and then put the cake on top of it if you know what I mean. Then, I cut it very carefully in the shape I needed it to be (the pelvic girdle) which went very smoothly. I then put a very thin layer of leftover pudding so the fondant could stick to the cake.

Then I worked with fondant for the first time ever. I didn't make it from scratch because I couldn't afford to screw up. So I rolled it out and carefully placed it on top of the cake. The hard thing with rolling it out is that it stuck to the countertop even though it was powdered with conf. sugar. I used my cake tool to lift it up (the one that smoothes the frosting on cakes, like a tiny spatula).
The hardest part of the whole thing was fitting the fondant to the cake. Like, since it wasn't a perfect circle, it folded in different places and it would NOT stick to the sides. I should have probably put a thin layer of pudding on the sides as well because it stuck just fine to the top of the cake. In places where the fondant would absolutely not stick I would dab a little water on it and smooth it better.
Lastly, I used colored icing to label the cake and certain parts of the girdle. That went just fine.

Thankfully, everyone in the class seemed to like the cake! I was skeptical at the pudding part (it needed some flavor of course), but it actually complimented the cake just great.

Unfortunately, as I was bring the last part of the cake home from the bus, it fell off the plate. Oh, well. And sorry about the picture, I stupidly put the plastic wrap on before I took the picture and I didn't want to mess up the icing that may still be a little wet.