Straw Bale Cake Decor Tutorial

So I am working on a tractor cake this week and just finished the straw bales that go on it and wanted to share how I did this because when I looked for how to's on these I could never find ONE straight answer I know that everyone has their own way of doing it but this was mine it is was REALLY simple! Enjoy

1. Take coconut put it in a bowl and add just a TINY bit of coloring and I used a little bit of Wilton golden Yellow and Lemon yellow and mixed them together and got some orangy pieces and some yellow pieces and some that were in between (sorry didnt take a picture of this step)

Pre heat your oven to 350 and put the coconut in there and toast it. Be careful and watch it closely because the pieces around the edge (at least mine) toasted faster and I had to stir it a few times, and just toast it until you get the color you want mine took about 10 min.

This was the color I achieved

2. Take a rice crispy treat (I made mine according to the recipe on the box). Formed them into rectangle boxes and put in the fridge over night so they got hard. and coat them in butter cream, I made a small amount of buttercream and tinted it with a TINY bit of brown, copper and golden yellow to get a tanish gold color. 

Then roll the rice crispy in your toasted but COOLED coconut.

And VIOLA Straw bales

Will post a picture of the completed cake tomorrow when its finished!