Sailboat cake

I received the challenge to make a sailboat cake. A 6 year old boy from Cape Town was having his party in Durban. I started with a vanilla rectangle cake and carved out the hull and the cabin. I wanted to make the sail from plastic icing, but I was a little weary for the weight, therefore I decided on rice paper. I used plastic icing for the water and enhanced the breaking water effect with edible white paint.

Sailboat cake 

Detail on the sailboat cake