August 27th, 2010 — Birthday Cakes, Video Game Cakes
For another birthday party, we created a Kirby cake. The original idea was to make a pink elephant, but Kirby was a better fit. The cake itself is made from raspberry pound cake, with raspberry buttercream as the frosting and applied with fondant.
Six Layers of Pound Cake
Six layers were baked and stacked up so that we could get the height we needed for the Kirby. The next step was to carve a round figure (below). We applied buttercream all over the cake and let it set in the refrigerator.
Carved and Buttercream Applied
Fondant Rolled Out
The fondant was then rolled out into a very large sheet and applied to the cake.
Fondant Applied
Kirby’s arms and feet were made of rice krispy treats and also had fondant applied to them. The arms were attached witha few skewers and the rest was just applied. Fondant cutouts were used to create Kirby’s face.
Assembling Kirby
Completed Cake
July 9th, 2010 — Birthday Cakes, Video Game Cakes
For our roommate’s 30th birthday, we made a Mario themed cake.
There aren’t many pictures of the process, but the coin block was made with lemon and strawberry cake, with whipped cream between the layers. The outside was covered in buttercream and then we applied colored fondant. The Mario himself was made out of molded rice krispy treats, with the brim of his cap and the fire flower made out of gum paste.
Credit for the photos go to Avery Wong Photography. Thanks for the great pictures!
May 16th, 2010 — Video Game Cakes
Lost Planet 2 cake!
Four rounds of devil’s food cake, with layers of chocolate ganache glaze. We used whipped ganache to hold the cake together and then carved it to be the right shape.
Carving The Cake
After carving, we made grey/black buttercream to put on the cake so that we could prep it for the fondant.
Buttercreamed Cake
We bought black/vanilla fondant (2lbs!) to cover the cake with. It was fairly challenging, we had to do the body and the tail in two different pieces.
Fondant Applied!
The spikes were made of rice krispie treats, covered in orange flavored melted buttercream. It took 2-3 coats of icing to get a smooth finish – not all the pieces turned out smooth (we need to find a better way to let these things set!) but overall they still look pretty good.
Orange Spikes
After the spikes, we made the legs, also out of rice krispie. We covered those with buttercream and fondant, and then used rounds of marshmallow covered with the orange buttercream. Everything was attached with toothpicks and skewers after that.
The Final Product
The surface was covered with white buttercream, which we brushed a little pearl dust onto to give a snow-like effect.
