Waaaaal-EEEEE Cake

Here's the step-by-step process for making the Wall-E cake. I only took pics of the structural process because I started running out of time and I'm sure you can all figure it out just by looking at the cake.

Prepare all cakes with a hole in the middle to go over the PVC pipe. I didn't remember to take a pic of the stand until after I had already placed the first layer on...sorry. Jacob cut the stand out of mdf. It was an 8 inch square ( I was baking an 8 inch cake) and on the sides, he left 2 extended rectangles to attach the wooden blocks onto with screws. Then, he fastened the PVC pipe onto the middle of the board with some "L brackets". He did a great job and this stand was SO sturdy. I covered the board with foil (so it wouldn't taste like wood) and, of course, washed all the pipes that I used. Then I placed the first layer on and added the filling.

This is a picture of the stand from underneath. He ground down the screws that attached the L brackets with a grinder so that they wouldn't poke anyone or show.
I added the second layer and added the filling. I used buttercream as the filling because that's what they wanted and it would keep the cake nice and sturdy.

On the third layer, I notched out a space for the '4-way' joint and then notched out room for the PVC pipe that was to be the "shoulders".

I added the third layer to the cake and then attached the '4-way' joint.

I attached PVC pipe for the "shoulders" and then attached the elbow joints.

It's starting to take shape, huh? I should've added a fourth layer to cover the pipes, but then it wouldn't have been square anymore...so I just iced over it.

Crumb coat then chill, chill, chill!

I fondanted it, being quick to cut out the holes for the neak and arms so that that the fondant wouldn't rip.

Then I attached the neak, and arm PVC pipes along with a 'T joint' for the head and fondanted them too.

After this, I added the details to the body, and painted it to make it look dirty, just like in the movie.

Then, I cut out the rectangles for the arms. I couldn't figure out any other way to do the arms...I suppose I could've cut the rectangles out of styrafoam and shoved them onto the PVC pipe, but I was running out of time and I didn't have any styrafoam left.

The hands were made from a gum paste/fondant mix and then shaped over a cylinder container to give it movement. Then, of course, painted silver just like the head.

For the head, I cut out two styrafoam shapes in the shape of the head (the rice crispy treats kept falling off) and fondanted them too. I attached them to the T joint then added the details on the head.

For the tires (this was the part that I was not happy with) I shaped rice crispy treats over the wooden blocks but didn't get the shape right. I cut out strips of fondant for the tire tracks and then painted it black. I didn't have any black fondant and it's hard to make fondant black. Black fondant would've been the best choice. The painting looks messy.

The coolest part was that the arms could move up and down and the birthday boy could play with it before we ate it.

Here is the result: