Clothesline cake
I am making a cake this weekend for an apron themed party and I wanted to make Paula Deen's sour cream coconut cake which really can't be decorated in the traditional sense, so I was thinking of making a clothe line, the poles being pretzel sticks and cutting aprons out of fondant to hang from the line. What should I make the line from and what would be the easiest way to hang the aprons from it?
Thank you!
Missy
P.S. The cake is covered with coconut so this will be all of the decoration on the cake.
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Permalink Reply by Stampinsher on
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Milinda,
Just out of curiosity is this the cake recipe that you are talking about, please check out the link:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/jamies-coconut-cake-r...
Hmm, my suggestion and NOT because I would know or have tried it before is making the line with fondant covered large pretzel stick. Then you can attach the aprons easily with water (fondant on fondant water worked for me) or what others have done but I don't know the correct term, I think it is edible glue. I hope someone else contributes to your questions.
Have fun and please make sure you post a picture of your creation! It sounds so adorable.
Sher
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Permalink Reply by Theresa Happe on
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Are the pretzels going to be sticking up out of the cake or pressed along the side of the cake?
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Permalink Reply by Milinda Shay on
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Sticking up out of the cake like anactual clothesline, I'm not really sure this is going to work. :)
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I was going to suggest string licorice but the issue would be getting it to stick to the pretzels and handling the weight of the fondant clothes. I think you'd be much better off putting the clothesline around the side of the cake if you are going to use pretzels, and then you can put a few pieces of "clothing" on the top of the cake. Otherwise, I'd use cake dowels, so they are stuck into the cake and won't fall over. Then you can cut a slot into the top of the dowel to get licorice (or whatever else you decide to use) to stick into it.
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It is kind of that recipe, it's my first time to make it too, I needed an old southern cake recipe. She also has a version of it that is different in her cookbook. I'll be substituting coconut milk for the regular milk. I'll probably dye some of the coconut green for grass.
Okay, let me see if I've got this, use dowel rods and have my husband drill a small hole in them and string licoroce for the lines, then use "edible glue" to stick the aprons on with?
Stampinsher said:Milinda,
Just out of curiosity is this the cake recipe that you are talking about, please check out the link:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/jamies-coconut-cake-r...
Hmm, my suggestion and NOT because I would know or have tried it before is making the line with fondant covered large pretzel stick. Then you can attach the aprons easily with water (fondant on fondant water worked for me) or what others have done but I don't know the correct term, I think it is edible glue. I hope someone else contributes to your questions.
Have fun and please make sure you post a picture of your creation! It sounds so adorable.
Sher
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Oh the recipe is a little different but you do use coconut milk as well. Thanks.
The cake dowels and licorice are Terri's suggestion and sound really good, mine is using those long pretzel sticks that are called "rods" and placing two of those into your cake and then placing one of the pretzel rods covered in fondant across so it will connect to the outside rods. Gosh, I love the suggestion of licorice and I would use black string licorice and tie the pretzels together and also use it to hang the aprons if necessary. I can just see it now looking very country-looking clothes line. The black string licorice is a great idea!
Then you can attach your aprons to the fondant. Especially since you are having your cake completely covered in coconut. I like the sound of it being green grass and I'm sure whatever you do will work for you.
Looking forward to your completed project.
Milinda Shay said:It is kind of that recipe, it's my first time to make it too, I needed an old southern cake recipe. She also has a version of it that is different in her cookbook. I'll be substituting coconut milk for the regular milk. I'll probably dye some of the coconut green for grass.
Okay, let me see if I've got this, use dowel rods and have my husband drill a small hole in them and string licoroce for the lines, then use "edible glue" to stick the aprons on with?
Stampinsher said:Milinda,
Just out of curiosity is this the cake recipe that you are talking about, please check out the link:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/jamies-coconut-cake-r...
Hmm, my suggestion and NOT because I would know or have tried it before is making the line with fondant covered large pretzel stick. Then you can attach the aprons easily with water (fondant on fondant water worked for me) or what others have done but I don't know the correct term, I think it is edible glue. I hope someone else contributes to your questions.
Have fun and please make sure you post a picture of your creation! It sounds so adorable.
Sher
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I don't think the fondant will stay put with edible glue on the licorice. I think I'd use gum paste and dry the clothes so the tops of them bend like a little hook that could hang from the licorice. Maybe form the top of the clothes around a paint brush or something similar.
Stampinsher said:Oh the recipe is a little different but you do use coconut milk as well. Thanks.
The cake dowels and licorice are Terri's suggestion and sound really good, mine is using those long pretzel sticks that are called "rods" and placing two of those into your cake and then placing one of the pretzel rods covered in fondant across so it will connect to the outside rods. Gosh, I love the suggestion of licorice and I would use black string licorice and tie the pretzels together and also use it to hang the aprons if necessary. I can just see it now looking very country-looking clothes line. The black string licorice is a great idea! Then you can attach your aprons to the fondant. Especially since you are having your cake completely covered in coconut. I like the sound of it being green grass and I'm sure whatever you do will work for you.
Looking forward to your completed project.
Milinda Shay said:It is kind of that recipe, it's my first time to make it too, I needed an old southern cake recipe. She also has a version of it that is different in her cookbook. I'll be substituting coconut milk for the regular milk. I'll probably dye some of the coconut green for grass.
Okay, let me see if I've got this, use dowel rods and have my husband drill a small hole in them and string licoroce for the lines, then use "edible glue" to stick the aprons on with?
Stampinsher said:Milinda,
Just out of curiosity is this the cake recipe that you are talking about, please check out the link:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/jamies-coconut-cake-r...
Hmm, my suggestion and NOT because I would know or have tried it before is making the line with fondant covered large pretzel stick. Then you can attach the aprons easily with water (fondant on fondant water worked for me) or what others have done but I don't know the correct term, I think it is edible glue. I hope someone else contributes to your questions.
Have fun and please make sure you post a picture of your creation! It sounds so adorable.
Sher
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Permalink Reply by Pink Princess Cakes on
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you could use actual clothes pins but the mini ones like for baby showers they are tiny
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Permalink Reply by Karen Marie on
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You can use string like the kind they use in bakeries...100% cotton...it will be food safe....cut the dowels like the ends of tinker toys...with slots and string the line through the ends...you could also use paper or cloth covered wire that is for cake decorating
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Thamks everyone for your help, this is what the cake looked like when I was done, I know a LOT of things I'll do differently though. I wrote on my blog how I decided to put the whole thing together, I used a straw for better stability.
http://missyscakesandaprons.blogspot.com/
Thanks again!
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