my latest challenge was given to me a couple of months ago and gave me plenty of time to think about it! Kerry, a friend of my sister, asked if I could create a bass guitar cake for her son, Brogan, for his 18th.
I set about drawing a template; the biggest challenge was making the proportions look right and after several freehand drawings I was finally happy with the result!
The next challenge was fitting the guitar onto a good size rectangular board but I was only able to source, locally, a 14" x 18" board and the cake was around 24" in length. I plumped for a 20" square board deciding to locate the cake corner to corner.
I set about making 3 large rectangular sponges, obviously making a test cake for us to all enjoy first (I had just had a new cooker and needed to try it out!)
The sponges were then arranged and cut into the shape of the template in three separate pieces; the main body, the neck and the head.
After sandwiching together with buttercream a buttercrumb coating was added. The following day the whole guitar was given a second buttercrumb coating to ensure a smooth finish and once again and left to stand until the real fun began the following evening with the icing!
The pictures below show the stages from the buttercrumb stage.
The icing took quite some time and the strings were a particular delicate piece to get right but it has all come together nicely and I am really pleased that Kerry was so happy with the outcome.
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Absolutely fab Bev.....u r in the wrong trade in ur occupation....ditch it...and become a full time cake maker!!xx
ReplyDeleteOh Bev you are so clever that id brilliant xx from Pat
ReplyDeleteThank you Pat, I enjoyed making this cake but it was quite tricky getting the shape how I wanted it. Kerry was really happy with it :)
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