The telephone call came on Wed morning ….. Can you do a cake at short notice? Needed by Friday (48 hours is short notice indeed)! It’s for a family member whose friend has reneged the promise to make a cake for his girlfriend’s 30th birthday. No problem, I’ll see what I can do was my reply, quickly followed by a question as to the design required ….. and the answer came – a fox!! Difficult to backtrack and say I have never made or carved an animal cake before, the call ended with my agreeing to provide said fox! So here he is, 12" & 8" carved Madeira cake with vanilla buttercream, complete with his bushy tail, pointy teeth and little pink tongue! All handpainted as I do not yet own an airbrush. I was pretty pleased with the end result and am hoping the birthday girl loves him too!