So Brody has been really into killer whales, especially after our trip to SeaWorld in San Diego. So when he said he wanted killer whales for his birthday I knew I had to try and make a killer whale cake. At first I had no clue how I was going to make this cake. After thinking about it for a while I decided to try and make it out of rice krispies so I could mold it a little easier. So I bought all the supplies and started making the cake on Thursday. I decided to do cocoa krispies. I started to mold the whale one batch at a time. It took six batches of rice krispy treats. I started with a big round ball and went from there. I also decided to make a turtle, mostly just so I could practice the different techniques on it so if anything went wrong I wouldn't mess up the big cake. After they were molded I frosted them just like I would a regular cake. Then I did this trick I learned about a couple of years ago. If you take your frosting and put it in the microwave for a little bit it becomes liquidy so you can poor it over your cake and get a smoother finish. So I did that to both cakes and then let them cool over night. The next day I hand piped some of the details and voila we had a turtle and whale cake. The last thing I did was spread blue frosting on the cake boards to make it look like water and we were ready for the party. I was so happy Brody loved the cakes. He's still talking about them :)
Here's the first big ball. 
Still not really looking like a whale.
Starting to make a little more progress.
It's a whale!
And a sea turtle.
All frosted up.
This is after I poured the frosting over them.
The finishing details.
We almost lost the turtle after I poured the frosting on him, but I managed to salvage him.
The final product.
Brody giving me the thumbs up!
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