Inspiring icing

This is not one of my makes but it is so inspiring I just had to share.

These are the decorations from a birthday cake that was commissioned for someone who works as an engineer.  It was professionally made and these decorations are made of solid royal icing (with some bamboo skewers to help where needed).

The detail is just incredible.  Each of the worker's faces is sculpted out of icing.  Check out the eyebrows, and the ears.  Tiny works of art!  The rocks are really simple but really effective, just balls of icing.  Don't make them too perfect.  The tyre treads and track marks are long strips of icing that have been stamped with horizontal grooves.

The cake itself was delicous too - one half chocolate and one half lemon.  Yum!