Not quite the Cake Boss, but...

OK, so last week at our graduation party (which I have no pictures of because Boston demanded to be held the entire time... whoever took them of us, cough up!) a couple people suggested that I make a cake in the shape of a tooth for our "LDS Graduation Party." I don't know why people think I have a knack for these things, but I'm beginning to. Well, I thought, I'll do ya one better... I'll make a denture! Mark thought I was crazy at first. Guess he doesn't "get" my inate genius after all these seven years. Well, I decided to go for it. First, I made two batches of rice krispie treats and molded them into denture teeth. At this point, I think Mark started to believe in me. Then I made pink fondant and white modeling chocolate. I read online that fondant is harder to work with than the modeling chocolate, but I'm not sure that's the case... Anyhow, this morning I made two sheet cakes and buttercream frosting. And then I got to work!

Here, I had the two cakes stacked, and I even cut out an area for the "palatal vault." As Mark would say, I "beveled" it... that's dorkie dentist talk for cutting on an angle to blend the margins.

Next, I "dirty iced" it. That's dorkie Cake Boss talk for frosting it prior to putting on the fondant.

Then, I got the fondant rolled out and onto the cake. I even made sure to place the "posterior palatal seal," or that part of the denture which goes into the soft palate to help with suction.

Next, I covered the teeth in white modeling chocolate and placed them onto the "wax rims." All you dentists and dentists wives will know what I mean =)

Afterward, I piped in papilla, rugae and "sealed" the denture to the "cast." AKA, I piped on the gums and bumps in the top of the palate. And then, I beheld my masterpiece!

I must say, it turned out even better than I expected!