Paddlewheeler / Riverboat

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Permalink Reply by monica murphy on March 22, 2012 at 2:54am

Hi katie,

 

although i have never made a riverboat before,the design of it looks like you would start off with rectangular or square cakes, the design of the boat itself is boxed shape.  i would assume you can tackle it the way i do any unknown 3d cake design.  Look on the net for free printable patters of a river boat/ferry, print them out, then have them blown up to the size you are looking to make.  Stack your cake accordingly, and trace your pattern onto parchment paper, use royal icing to hold it in place and curve the cake(make sure you have the cake in the frig to get cold before curving, overnight is best).  For the big rollers on the back of the riverboat, you can make those out of royal icing or melted chocolate and let it dry, then you could paint them with luster dust for a nice effect. to make the rails, draw the size you need on parchment and trace it with royal icing, once it is dry you can easily put them in place.  If you can just simply get the shape of the boat from a picture on the net everything else will fall in place.  I hope this helps you.

monica

Permalink Reply by monica murphy on March 22, 2012 at 3:00am

Katie here is a printable riverboat, u can adjust the size to print and it is free at WWW.PRINTACTIVITIES.COM. its under Ferry Boat, which looks very similar to the river boat, you will just have to add the spindles in the back.

good luck and please add pics when you are done

monica

Permalink Reply by Katie Van Buskirk on March 22, 2012 at 11:51am

Thanks Monica :)  It needs to look like the specific one near where my brother looks, so I have the picture I'm just lost, lol.  I've only worked with royal icing to make "plaques" and they usually crumble on me trying to get it off the paper, so I'm a little hesitant on the fences and windows....  Is it better to use parchment than wax paper to draw the fences, windows, etc. ?

Permalink Reply by monica murphy on March 22, 2012 at 12:24pm

yes it is better to use parchment paper than wax, parchment is stronger.  When you use royal icing to make anything and you need to be strong add 1teaspoon or 2 deeping on how much royal you need, of tylose powder (used to make gumpaste) the tylose will strengthen your royal and it will not break, just make sure you are allowing proper drying time, humidity will slow the drying.  If you already have a pic of the boat, from the side and front and back, then get the pic copied and blow it up to the size you need, it will all fall into place, you got this! you go girl!
 
Katie Van Buskirk said:

Thanks Monica :)  It needs to look like the specific one near where my brother looks, so I have the picture I'm just lost, lol.  I've only worked with royal icing to make "plaques" and they usually crumble on me trying to get it off the paper, so I'm a little hesitant on the fences and windows....  Is it better to use parchment than wax paper to draw the fences, windows, etc. ?