After finding some inspiration for a cake on-line, I decided that I needed to make this cake for our annual Tet/Chinese New Year party. With it being the "year of the dragon" it was perfect! I wanted to use m&m's to cover the body but they aren't sold as individual colours in Canada, so after much debate decided on the red & white gummy hearts. I took a poll amongst those shopping in the bulk barn, and the gummy hearts won hands down! most people thought they'd look more like scales, and I was just happy that the cheaper version won out :) I had the option of using pink and red (valentines) smarties, but they would also be more money. The cake wasn't for a huge group so I decided that the gummy hearts were "good enough" .
As I was decorating the cake I wished I went with the smarties! the gummy hearts weren't fitting together as I'd hoped and they kept falling off! oh well - lesson learned! Anyway, the cake was a hit with he kids and that's all that mattered. This weekend I'm working on a 2nd Dragon cake with a friend - we are going to take it to another Tet party! looking forward to seeing how this one turns out!
