My daughter is turning 8 and wanted a birthday cake that looked like Pikachu. So we made one – it was a family effort. Made from one 9″ round for the head, a 9×13 square for the body and the ears cut from another 9″ round. The tail is just pieced together out of trimmings with the biggest bit the center of the round used for the ears. Fruit rollups for the red parts, oreo eyes with mini marshmallow pupils and black piping frosting for outlines. The underlying cake is chocolate. She is so excited she didn’t sleep at all.
This is my first cake construction, but after watching Ace of Cakes for a couple years, it seemed pretty straightforward to do.