Novelty cake gnawed by sculpted brownie rats HOWTO

This cake includes edible rats made from brownies in order to perfect the illusion that it's been partially eaten by vermin.

First, I made a regular box cake. Then I ripped chunks of it out to look like it had been partially eaten.

Then, I covered the remainder of the cake in icing and decorated it all boring-like. I pinched the icing at the edges to look bitten.

I made the rats out of brownies sculpted in the shape of rats. Then I covered them with rolled fondant (a kind of icing) and painted them with icing color paste.

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(Thanks, storygirl!)