This is a butter cream icing cake sprayed with silver food spray. The can and bottle are made with sugar melt in a mold I made myself. The labels are hand drawn on sugar paper with edible ink markers. The "ice" is home made sugar candy.
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Here's how I did the bottle and can. I used an unopened bottle of beer (as I wanted the detail of the cap) and an unopened can. I took Amazing Molding Putty-found at major local craft stores (it is stated to be food safe silicon) and mixed the proper amounts of putty. I molded it around the bottle and let it set for the proper time indicated. I will say that I made about 3 molds. I had read a lot about the molds tearing. This did happen to me because it was too thick. I had one that was easy to remove and did NOT tear, however it seemed too thin and didn't want to hold a proper shape. So instead of wasting any molds I made, I set the thin mold inside of the thick mold that tore. I then filled the thin mold with sugar melt then rolled it around the mold, poured out, refilled the mold and rolled it around again and pour extra back out. I did this 3 times to add stability to the layers. I filled it up to about the actual bottle because my mold was only 3/4 of the bottle because I only wanted that much so that it would look like it was coming out of the bucket. I then set the mold in a tall coffee cup to cool. I let it cool for quite a while as I did not want it to break. I did the same with the can mold only I set it in a short coffee cup so that it would sit. Some sites say to set it upside down so any extra can drain- I could not get it to stay upside down without falling out of the cup or the mold "collapsing". It seemed fine the way I did it. It was easy to remove thicker torn mold, then peel off thin mold. I wrapped in wax paper sprinkled with powdered sugar/cornstarch mix so it would not stick. I then stored in fridge until I was ready to use. For the sugar melt, I used equal parts of sugar and light corn syrup and heated in microwave. I wanted it to be a brown color, so I cooked for approx 5 min. until it started to burn. It will smell burnt. For the ice, I only cooked it for approx 2.5-3 min while it was still clear, then poured on a cookie sheet covered with powdered sugar so it would not stick, then after pouring the sugar melt, I covered it with the left over powdered sugar to cool. I then broke it up to look like ice after it cooled. The powdered sugar also gave it a "frosted" look. The labels- I used tracing paper from the craft store and pencil traced the labels using a light box (you could use any light that would allow you to see well. I then colored the tracing paper with the colors from my label to make it easier to see throught the sugar sheet. I then used edible markers to color in and trace the lable design onto the sugar sheet again using the light box. I then cut out the lables and adhered them to the bottle using some gum glue. I used the edible silver spray paint from Wilton to get the color for the cap, can and the "bucket". I just used buttercream icing on the cake. I used some white pearl color dust on the bottle and can to give it that condensation look. I did store the cake in the fridge because I live in the southeast and we have HUMIDITY which can be fatal to these bottles! LOL They did start to get "tacky/sticky" when they were sitting out, but didn't appeart to melt. I didn't take the chance on letting them melt, that's why it stayed in the fridge. Not sure how well it would do outside. Anyway, I think that covers everything I did. Let me know if I left something out or if you have any other questions! I'm sure there may be an easier way, but this worked for me until I figure that easier way out! :) Good luck! Sorry it took so long to respond. I hope this helps!
I guess you can post the tutorial here. I'll be looking forward for it.
Thank you.
Well done!! Would you post a tutorial???
great job with the labels:)
Awesome! I showed my husband now he wants one.
Thanks! I made the molds using Amazing Molding Putty (its a food grade silicone mold) and a can and bottle. It took a couple of times to get it right. Trial and error..... :)
This is amazing !!!! I love it. Do I understand right you made your can and bottle out of a home made mold? What did you use for the mold.... Great Job..
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