My First Commissioned Cake. Need help.

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Permalink Reply by Theresa Happe on July 2, 2011 at 5:10am

How about sugar veil? I believe there is a video demonstration in our videos section on making a net. It's great because it's flexible.

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Permalink Reply by JJ Becker on July 2, 2011 at 6:22am

How about using sections of clear gelatine sheets and piping your chain link fence onto that?

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Permalink Reply by Kentastic Cakes on July 2, 2011 at 8:47am

I will have to look for the sugar veil video.  I was thinking of using the gelatin sheets, but want to have the legs of the crabs hanging out of the crab pot.  So, I am going to use the gelatin as a worst case.  thanks for the help.

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Permalink Reply by Martin Brown on July 3, 2011 at 2:17am

You could always just pipe the crab pots and nets , use a no 1.5 or 2 nozzel and bag , some royal icing , onto grease proof paper or parchment then leave 2-3 days , you can then pipe any shape you want and make the sides of the pots seperate , put the crab in as you assemble them . It can then be the colour you want , can be fragile so always pipe some spare pieces of netting or pots then pipe them together , but the longer you leave to dry the better

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Permalink Reply by Sweet P's Custom Cakes on July 3, 2011 at 9:08am

Sounds like a big project, (love it!).  Did you consider fruit roll ups for the netting?  You could probably use a very small square cookie cutter type object to make rows of cut outs to leave behind a sort of grid, it will leave a pattern that resembles a net.  Worth a shot, inexpensive and easy enough, keep the fruit roll up cold, they tend to melt with the heat of your hands. 

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Permalink Reply by Melissa Seguisabal on July 3, 2011 at 2:01pm

For netting i have use a ribbon that has fine wire in it and you stretch it open and it looks like netting i have used it for a soccer ball net it was gold but i coloured it to look white, i will try to post a pic. otherwise i have a pic on my face book page called honeybees cakes.

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Permalink Reply by luz parra on July 3, 2011 at 2:20pm

the ribbon idea sounds great! but i think the main idea it's to make the cakes 100% edible. i'll  also look for the veil video. but the fruit roll up  sounds the esiest!

 

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Permalink Reply by Bonnie Howell on July 3, 2011 at 4:18pm

try the fruit roll ups...

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Permalink Reply by Kentastic Cakes on July 3, 2011 at 8:12pm

Thanks for all the ideas.  True, I am trying to get as close to 100% edible as possible.  The only thing that won't be eating is the dowel in the middle and the board it's sitting on.  So far, I am thinking of trying the royal icing and letting it dry for a week or so.  I am also thinking of making chocolate covered pretzel sticks to form the pots and connect the sugar netting to them.  I'm really excited to make this cake.  Too bad it's not due until September 3rd.  Can't start just yet.  Although, I may do a practice cake just for fun.  I am figuring it will cost me in the area of about $50-$75 in ingredients and needed supplies to make this cake and plan on charging about $250 based on the detail I am planning.  I suspect the cake will take about 7 hours to complete, not including the actual baking.  I think the price is fair.

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Permalink Reply by luz parra on July 3, 2011 at 8:23pm

for how many people?

Ken Kramer said:

Thanks for all the ideas.  True, I am trying to get as close to 100% edible as possible.  The only thing that won't be eating is the dowel in the middle and the board it's sitting on.  So far, I am thinking of trying the royal icing and letting it dry for a week or so.  I am also thinking of making chocolate covered pretzel sticks to form the pots and connect the sugar netting to them.  I'm really excited to make this cake.  Too bad it's not due until September 3rd.  Can't start just yet.  Although, I may do a practice cake just for fun.  I am figuring it will cost me in the area of about $50-$75 in ingredients and needed supplies to make this cake and plan on charging about $250 based on the detail I am planning.  I suspect the cake will take about 7 hours to complete, not including the actual baking.  I think the price is fair.

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Permalink Reply by Kentastic Cakes on July 3, 2011 at 8:40pm

No Clue.  It's just a Groom's Cake.  I haven't decided officially if I am going to use a 16 inch round or a 12x16 sheet as the base.  Then I'm going to use cereal treats to form a large wave with a dowel down the middle and sticking out about 4 inches.  I am then creating one of the ship's from Deadliest Catch (not sure which one is the groom's favorite yet) out of cereal treats as well and will sit it on top of the dowel, riding the wave.  Then I will have a the groom's head sticking out of the window in the Wheel House of the ship.  I think the cake will stand about 18 to 20 inches tall when done. 

 

Oh...Did I mention that the cake needs to travel from Boston to NYC the day of the wedding?  This ship will travel separate and be put on upon arrival.

 

I've got my work cut out for me.  I'm trying a lot of things I've never done before, including a lot of airbrushing for the ocean and such.  But, it always seems to work out.  I would love for everyone to check out my blog to see the other cakes I've done up until now.  It's holycrapcakes.blogspot.com.  CHECK IT OUT!!

 

Thanks again for all the ideas.

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Permalink Reply by Kentastic Cakes on July 5, 2011 at 9:23am

I have another question, as I am contemplating doing a test cake.  I am planning on using rice cereal treats to form a large wave on top of the cake.  I found, the last time I made my own cereal treats, they were a little to moist, which made it difficult to both carve and hold together.  Am I better off just buying the ready made to stack and carve?

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