Jolly Roger Skull Cake

My friend Christi made this fantastic cake for her boyfriend's 40th birthday! She says, "The party had a pirate theme so I decided to turn the cake into a jolly roger flag. The icing was dark chocolate fondant dyed black with food coloring. The skull and crossbones were cut freehand out of white fondant. The cake itself was red velvet and it ended up being 15" x 11" x 4". I don't think I'll ever make a cake that big again, but I certainly enjoyed playing with fondant for the first time." Before...

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