3D cake
Hi there,
I have only just joined this site, hi everyone! I have been decorating cakes for about 10yrs now, I've not had any formal training but I had a friend who had a cake decorating shop and I picked up a few things from her. I make cakes for people from home. Someone has asked me to make a 3D Winnie the Pooh cake, and I'm hoping to carve it then cover it (!) If anyone has any tips - I need to know how much cake to use, and tips on covering it. Any help gratefully received!
thank you,
Christina
PS I'll try to upload a couple of photos of things I have done!
- Attachments:
-
-
IMGP0148.JPG, 2 MB
-
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by Christina Cramsie on
-
sorry it didn't work - try these!
- Attachments:
-
-
IMGP0589.JPG, 1.7 MB
-
IMGP0146.JPG, 1.9 MB
-
MAJORCA JUN 09 036.jpg, 3 MB
-
-
-
Wilton has a three-d teddybear cake pan that I have purchased. It bakes upright, and you can make baby-dolls with it as well. I have used it many times and they turn out adorable. It takes about seven cups of batter or two (almost) boxed mixes. Hope this helps!
-
Permalink Reply by mary lacy on
-
In doing a cake in 3 D one must remember a couple of things, first of all you will be using alot of cakes, then you must be able to be able to carve it correctly, then make sure you use enough dowel rods to hold it. If you are still unsure of your abilitiy to do this next best thing is get a wilton pan they have a bear and with a little adjusting it could look similar to pooh.
-
Permalink Reply by Theresa Happe on
-
It's easier to carve the cakes when they are frozen. How much cake you will need will depend on how many people you are serving. The carved cake can always be positioned on top of other tiers if you need more cake.
-
-
Thank you for your suggestions, the bear tin sounds great, unfortunatley the cake is for friday, and I would need to get the tin mail order, I've left it a bit late for that. I was going to stack the cakes (with buttercream inbetween the layers) so thanks for reminding me about the dowling Mary, and the freezing tip will be usefull Theresa. I have done a penguin this way before, but Pooh has a bigger head. I'm using sugarpaste (fondant) to cover the cake, and I'm wondering if it will be easier to cover the body seperate to the head, the put them together afterwards?
-
-
One thing I have found helpful in the past is styrofoam blocks by cutting and shaping that you can ice it like cake and get the same effect if you go to my profile and look at the three dimension elmo his head is styrofoam
Christina Cramsie said:Thank you for your suggestions, the bear tin sounds great, unfortunatley the cake is for friday, and I would need to get the tin mail order, I've left it a bit late for that. I was going to stack the cakes (with buttercream inbetween the layers) so thanks for reminding me about the dowling Mary, and the freezing tip will be usefull Theresa. I have done a penguin this way before, but Pooh has a bigger head. I'm using sugarpaste (fondant) to cover the cake, and I'm wondering if it will be easier to cover the body seperate to the head, the put them together afterwards?
-
-
I think you could do the head separately and then cover the seam with a cute bow or a collar.
-
-
Thank you nery much everyone for your replies!
I'm just going to do the cake now I'll let you know how it goes (if it's succesfull, I'll put a pic on!)
-
Permalink Reply by wendy martz on
-
what cake recipe or kind of cake works for carving?
-
-
I find that WASC works best for me when carving 3D cakes. It holds up well. HTH
Popular Cake Searches
© 2024 Created by Theresa Happe.
Powered by
