After carving, we made grey/black buttercream to put on the cake so that we could prep it for the fondant.
We bought black/vanilla fondant (2lbs!) to cover the cake with. It was fairly challenging, we had to do the body and the tail in two different pieces.
The spikes were made of rice krispie treats, covered in orange flavored melted buttercream. It took 2-3 coats of icing to get a smooth finish – not all the pieces turned out smooth (we need to find a better way to let these things set!) but overall they still look pretty good.
After the spikes, we made the legs, also out of rice krispie. We covered those with buttercream and fondant, and then used rounds of marshmallow covered with the orange buttercream. Everything was attached with toothpicks and skewers after that.
The surface was covered with white buttercream, which we brushed a little pearl dust onto to give a snow-like effect.