The stage was set...




The pieces were in play...




At this stage, I was concerned that it wasn't going to look right AT ALL.




But I figured that if I added enough chocolate, no one would care.




This is what the hat part looked like before I built it and smothered it with icing.




At this stage, I began to think that I had really got it right.




If I've learned nothing else from baking, it's that almost any problem can be solved with lots and lots of chocolate icing.




The feather is a bit big, I think...but also it's chocolate, so I don't care!




*sings theme song*

The cake is devil's food (made with chocolate pudding instead of milk), iced with chocolate icing, and the ribbon is painted on with chocolate. The feather is sculpted and stuck on.

I am leaving this unlocked.