Mini Mario Cake

This cake is a little smaller than I typically make, at only about 4.5 inches.  I normally stick with 6-inch rounds at the smallest, b/c they are wider than they are tall, which makes them more stable and less likely to wobble or tip over.  But I wanted to make a little bitty Mario cake for a little one's 4th birthday party.  He loved the huge Mario cake I made for someone else in January and so I made this one similarly for him, although on a much smaller scale :).  It is frosted in buttercream icing and trimmed with mmf details.  The tunnel with the flower is a heavy duty paper tube (the ones that are inside a roll of plastic wrap are great for this!) covered in green mmf.  The flower, mushrooms and bullet are handmade from mmf.  The stars are mmf on lollipop sticks.  I wrapped the board in foil and covered it in green mmf for added color.  Happy Birthday Calvin!