Steel Magnolias Armadillo Cake Decorating Tutorial

Everyone loves the iconic armadillo cake from the play and film "Steel Magnolias". Here are instructions and a video tutorial for how I recreated this memorable cake.
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I got asked to make this armadillo cake for a neighbors wedding and I am so excited! It's such an iconic cake and it was so fun to rewatch the movie with my own daughters to get inspired and make my cake plan.
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MATERIALS
Dense red velvet cake recipe
2 batches white chocolate cream cheese frosting
small batch rice krispie treats
White Fondant
TOOLS
12x18x4 half sheet cake pans
Bake even strips
Heating cores
large serrated knife for carving
Gel food dye - red, black and ivory
Round piping tips - various sizes
Rose petal tips - large and small
Flexible Fondant tools
Sharpe small knife for trimming fondant
Fondant mat and rolling pin
Airbrush
Black airbrush paint
THE CAKE AND FROSTING
I baked 3 half sheet cakes (13x18x3) (at 325 for 2 hours 15 mins). I also used bake even strips and 2 heating core nails to keep the cake as even as possible. And of course I made high altitude adjustments to the recipe.
I made a white chocolate cream cheese frosting, dye red
Stack the cake layers with the red frosting and chill until the frosting is firm.
Now start carving! I cut the corners first to create a more oval start. Then carve from the top center of the cake down all the sides to round the cake. Carve a spot of the tail, and head on each of the narrow sides.
Make another batch of frosting - I added a small drop of red, a small drop of black and a large squeeze of ivory.
Frost a thicker all over layer of the frosting and chill one more time.
THE APPENDAGES
Head - For the head I started with a small batch of rice krispie treats. Shape it into the armadillo head shape - a large oval with a thin long nose in front.
Cover it with frosting and chill then cover with a layer of fondant.
Smooth and add texture.
Add eyes, a mouth and rough scrap marks around the rest of the head.
Paws - Created an oval shape then made three cuts to create the 4 toes. Roll them between your fingers to shape them. Add circle markings.
Ears - Roll out a thin layer and use some large rose petal cutters to cut 2 ears. Pinch the fat end around some toothpicks and let them dry.
Tail - roll out some fondant fat on one and and thin on the other. For the tail add diagonal markings all down the tail, then using a small rose petal cutter add triangle markings between the diagonal swirls.
FONDANT BODY DETAILS
Add a thin layer of fondant around the base, neck and tail area.
Add a large sheet of fondant to the back, trip and add the texture markings.
Roll out and cut 1 1/2 inch strips and layer them across the center of the armadillo. Add the triangle markings on these strips as you go.
Add the final large fondant sheet. Trim around the back, legs an neck. And add the texture.
ASSEMBLING AND PAINTING
Use toothpicks to attach the head to the body. Then add the feet/paws and finally the tail.
Now I grabbed some black airbrush paint and sprayed the body.
Take a damp paper towel and rub the paint off, starting at the base and working your way up to the top of the back. As the towel gets more and more paint on it it will rub off less and less - which you want. I like the bottom and sides more rubbed off and the top left more black.
Finally paint the back of the ears and using needle nose pliers press the ears into the head
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