School Buses

These were made for a retirement party for two school bus drivers.  They were a lot of fun to make!  They are approximately 8" long by 4" wide, 2 layers of cake in the tallest place.  The hood of the bus is slightly carved, as are the wheel wells- to allow room for the tires under the bus.  The bus is sitting on it's own base, which is hot glued to a smaller stack of cake-boards covered in black- this black base is hot glued to the main cake board to make certain the bus won't slide off the board..  This gives the impression that the bus is sitting on it's tires.    The tires are cookies (Oreo style) that have been covered in black fondant.  The buses were frosted with buttercream, then covered in mmf.  All details are mmf.  The writing on the cake was done with a food marker and the white lines on the windows was added by dry brushing with a tiny bit of Wilton white-white.  The mirrors are made like stars on wires... by using water to glue two pieces of fondant on either side of a piece of wire.  The "road" is black mmf and the grass is buttercream.