Seniors are a required to do a large research project accompanied by a related physical project in order to graduate. I chose to do mine on cake decorating as a profession. This is the actual project itself. I made two cakes (the second one is hiding in the top right corner of the picture on the right-- I forgot to take pictures before it was eaten).

Super Mario is awesome. Not the most original idea, but it was a blast. The Piranha Plants were by far my favorite part, which is why there is a close-up on them. The reactions of my teacher and fellows students for the whole thing were encouraging and amusing. My second cake didn't get much love... But it was eaten, too.




Chocolate cake, buttercream icing, royal icing, and fondant. And I had to use rice-crispy treats to make the dome of the mushroom because I couldn't get cake to work for it. I forgot to time myself, but from start to finish (including baking, I think) I'm guesstimating around 16 hours.

Mario is (c) to whoever owns it. I made no money off of this project.