Feeling sheepish...a rather sweet Ta Da!

The challenge - make a sheep inspired cake

The inspiration - the Swaledale

A good firm Madeira cake, laced with lemon zest and juice

carved then frozen overnight. 

Then a piquant lemon butter icing used to hold the pieces of cake in place 

with a layer of royal icing laid down as a starting point

A borrowed potato ricer and strong wrists to make the fleece

Coloured royal icing rolled and twisted to make horns 

and edible coloured sugars to make the shading and details.

Done!

Time for a cup of tea and a sigh of relief.

(With tremendous thanks to Youngest who helped wonderfully - taking pictures, making 'fleece', eating up bits of icing...... giving advice {lots  of advice} and to Himself and Eldest who just kept sneaking into the kitchen and helping themselves to anything they thought edible....

only JUST had enough white royal icing in the end

.....hmmmm)