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Tany
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Joined: Apr 21, 2008
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:33 am |
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My cousin wants me to make a cake exactly like this shirt. I'm a beginner so i don't know where to start.
I do have one of those old wilton pans for a tshirt Or i could probably do a sheet cake and cut it out but i'm not very good at things like that.
Would someone be able to give me abit of direction to do this cake please? I'm not good at writing either. is there an easy way i can do the writing??
is fondant better for this kind of thing or should i be able to do this with regular buttercream?
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MessyBaker
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:49 am |
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What shirt? I don't think it attached. Try it again.
I don't think it would be hard to cut a sheetcake to make a shirt. Buttercream should work if you use Melvira's method to smooth you icing. But, if you enjoy working with fondant, that would be pretty as well.( Fondant and I don't get along)
There are letter press paterns you could buy to do the writing or you could print off your message using the font you like. Then poke holes along the message and press it into the icing, then trace it. I hope that makes sense. |
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Tany
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Joined: Apr 21, 2008
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:00 am |
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i'm sorry this is the link..
I've only done 2 classes of the first wilton course.
i've tried fondant on my own and like it but this might be beyond me. i'm not sure!
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cake-angel
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:12 am |
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You can do this in buttercream or fondant. If you wanted you could do it in buttercream and either cut the letters out of fondant to place on the cake or do a chocolate transfer or frozen buttercream transfer. |
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luvmykidz
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Joined: Apr 04, 2008
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:38 am |
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I'm new and I'm trying to learn how to make cakes with fondant. I "practiced" on this one and it came out aweful! 
How do I make them look so tall?do i make double and put one on top of the other? and also....craters on the cake!it looked like the moon.I am ready to cry. i tried to post pictures but it didn't let me. if you can help, i'll email them to you. ANYTHING! i just really need help.....Next weekend is my daughters b'day and i wanted to make a 3 tier cake! Please HELP! thank you..... |
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cake-angel
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:48 am |
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| luvmykidz wrote: | I'm new and I'm trying to learn how to make cakes with fondant. I "practiced" on this one and it came out aweful! look at these pictures
How do I make them look so tall?do i make double and put one on top of the other? and also....look at the craters on that cake!I am ready to cry. Next weekend is my daughters b'day and i wanted to make a 3 tier cake! Please HELP! thank you.....
<img src="http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i230/lorafamily/john-bodyshots004.jpg"> |
I am sorry but I cannot get your link to work. To make a three tier cake you generally need 2 layers of each tier size put together and then iced and decorated. Once the three tiers are ready add dowels for support and start stacking. |
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luvmykidz
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:06 am |
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i'm sorry. it wouldn't let me download the picture (probably too big). ok, so I have to bake 2 layers per tier?
what about the moon craters? those things were aweful!
and how do i make it so perfectly cylinder like....do i cut around the cake to make it perfect??????i see the pics of some of these cakes and wonder if i'll ever be able to do that!
thank you sooooo much for your advice! |
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cake-angel
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:43 am |
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I am unsure as to what you mean about moon craters. Are your cakes sinking? or rising in a dome shape? |
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christinapp
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:56 am |
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jkalman
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:02 am |
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Did you put buttercream on your cake before you put the fondant on? You need to do that if you didn't. I put a layer of buttercream on as if I wasn't going to cover it with anything else and get it nice and smooth.. then chill the cake to firm up the buttercream and then lay on the fondant. It's hard to tell from you picture what exactly you are doing, but if you tell us your process we can try to help you as much as we can.  |
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craftyamanda
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:06 am |
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Does the cake have to be the shape of the shirt or would he settle for just the logo? I made a cake for my son's baseball team and I scanned the logo from the shirt. Printed it out in black and white and used it as a template for the logo. I'll post the link so you can see it. Hope that helps!
http://www.cakecentral.com/mod.....id=1212392 |
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shellzey
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:14 am |
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you can get a pan in the shape of a tshirt. it works really well and makes it easy. we have a place in our area that you can rent pans for like $2. maybe there is one near you. or the 40% off coupons at michaels are great as well. |
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jkalman
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:20 am |
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I would think that stacking the cakes made from the t-shirt pan to get a double layer cake would be a pain though.. since it's not square on the top. |
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rmbias1
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:44 am |
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luvmykidz, when you put your batter into your pans, try tapping the pans on the counter. this will bring little air bubbles to the top and will reduce/get rid of your craters.
HTH
Michele B. in WV |
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Nette2007
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:54 am |
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I recently made a diamondback jersey cake for my brother's bday..what i did was bake two 9x13 cakes, leveled them and stacked them on top of each other...for the arms i bake an additional smaller pan and just cut the size i needed for them..then i frosted with buttercream and smoothed it with a papertowl..it turned out well...i was quite pleased..for the writing i used fondant and letter cutters... |
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