Part of the Sugar Skull bakers collaboration 2014, a little late with this one lol. I decided to make this cake a complete challenge for myself. The frame and head are made from cake and the borders are pastillage

I fell in love with a design by Krisztianna called ‘Spring Muertita’. She inspired the design and gave me an excuse to try new techniques i’d not done before, most of the flowers and a structure I wasn’t familiar with, so i went with the levitating head, I’ve always wanted to try something a little gravity defying. Credit to the Mike McCarey craftsy class ‘Bobbleheads’ for that.

I thought the cigarette would be a lil fun addition last minute:p, part of the Mexican tradition, fun and a little mischievous, adults tend to honour the dead with shots and cigs.

Head turned into more of a masquerade looking mask than a skull head lol…it was my first swing at sculpting heads…so hard@! i don’t know how some of you make it look so easy!

Anyway hope you like x