Yes....another gun cake!
This one's a bit different than the last one. It was originally supposed to be just the gun, but in order to make it proportional, it would have ended up being a very small piece of cake. I decided to make the wood base as the cake instead and just add the gun to the top as decoration.
I made the whole gun out of Rice Krispie Treats and covered it with fondant. I then etched the design into the fondant.
I always try to do something new and different with each new cake I make. This time I got to create wood out of fondant. It really was a lot of fun! I practiced first on a small piece of fondant to check out the effect.
First, I etched lines into the fondant and gently swirled them around with my hand. Next, using a brush, I added some brown airbrush food coloring to the fondant. It's basically like staining real wood. The creases and imperfections pick up the darker color.
I then added small holes and made areas to look like knots in the wood. You basically can't go wrong with it. I'm very happy with how it turned out and I have plans to make a Thanksgiving cake with this newly discovered technique.
This cake is 3, 8" square cakes cut to fit the size of the gun. It is coffee flavored cake, topped with a layer of caramel and then chocolate buttercream frosting.
I have to admit I was a little intimidated by the thought of doing this cake. After it was all said and done, I'm very happy with the end result. The definite key to this cake was in the silver food coloring spray I bought. It really finished off the cake and gave it a nice metal look to it.
I started off by making the front section of the gun (by the way, this is an AR 15, military assault rifle). The very end is made with fondant and I used a straw to carve out a small hole. The long, thin piece is a straw covered in fondant...this is the only inedible part of the cake. The black barrel was made out of Rice Krispie Treats and then covered in fondant.
The main part of the cake is the only real "cake" section. I used a template to cut a section out of a frozen piece of cake. It was much easier to cut this way. The scope on top is made from Rice Krispie Treats and each end has a rock candy piece of "glass".
All the little details on this section are made out of fondant mixed with gumtex.
The end section is also made from Rice Krispie Treats. The bottom of the black area is made with fondant and gumtex, left to dry so that it would hold it's shape.
I used a small paintbrush to add the color to the gun. I mixed a small amount of black into the silver color so that it would look more like metal.
This was not my "normal" type cake, but I was willing to take on the challenge anyway.
Yes....another gun cake! 
