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ali79756
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Location: monahans, texas
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Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:54 pm |
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ok so i got an order for a grooms cake and they want it to be camouflage i have no idea where to begin decorating a cake like that. i was thinking about it last night and the only thing i could think of was to make big blobs of the icing everywhere and then smooth it out, would that work? can someone please give me so pointers i would love and advise at all
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sadiepix
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Joined: Jun 14, 2008
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Location: Michigan
Birthday: Sep 20
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Sat Aug 09, 2008 9:25 pm |
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Be sure to check out some of the camo cakes in the pics here, there are some fantastic ones. I think I have seen airbrushed, piped, fondant and smooth iced, and all were great!
Good luck! I am sure someone will know more, just wanted to give you a bump too! |
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ali79756
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Location: monahans, texas
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Sat Aug 09, 2008 9:58 pm |
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thanks so much i am just stumped on how to do this cake lol i looked at some of the cakes can wow theses cakes are all awesome! hope i can make it look the way they want |
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aztomcat
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Location: Tucson, AZ
Birthday: Aug 13
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Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:24 pm |
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Here's a camo grooms cake I made for my hunting nephew a few years ago:
http://www.cakecentral.com/mod.....&pid=85093
I colored several camo colors of fondant, I placed blobs as you call it next to each other and rolled it out together into a smooth sheet with a rolling pin.
I have seen people do a similar thing with buttercream and then smooth with the Melvira method (it has directions here at Cake central).
Let me know if you have questions. |
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amoos
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Location: The Netherlands, by way of Louisiana
Birthday: Feb 21
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Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:26 pm |
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Well, I didn't make a camo cake, but I did do about 150 camo cupcakes! I pretty much just smoothed out a "glob" of icing in a rough pattern, then smoothed it all together, finally gave it a little airbrush in the different colors to set it a little more. I thought they turned out ok, everyone else liked them. I used DH's BDU's as a guide though. It might help to have an actual piece of camo in front of you as a guide. |
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bcake1960
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Location: Northern California
Birthday: May 08
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Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:33 pm |
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Here is a pic of my camo cake I did.. they are fun to do.. you start with3 or 4 colors in bags witha tip 4 or 5 round hole in each or exchange with each color. outline with a color and fil in using hole tip.. do 3 or 4 colors then smooth with a fondant smoother and Viva paper towel work in about 5"' sections then smooth.. It goes pretty fast when you get the hang of it.. |
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ali79756
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Location: monahans, texas
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Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:52 pm |
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thank u all so much for the help i feel a little better about making it now lol..... i think i will try a couple practice cakes before the big one to see what method i feel better working with thanks again.
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FlourPots
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yaadie
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:28 am |
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here is one I did, I used tip #16 and piped each color one at a tme... |
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kiminycricket
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Location: Spruce Grove, AB Canada
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This was my first attempt at a camouflauge cake which happened to be a Groom's cake. I used a toothpick to map out my areas and then used the #16 star tip to fill it in and just tried to make sure that the same colours were not touching. Hope this helps! Good luck!  |
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Tootall
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Location: Prattville, AL
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here's the camo cake I did. I did it like bcake Got my icing all in bags with no icing tip at all, actually, just a corner snipped out. I outlined my "blob", then filled in, did the whole cake that way, then let it crust and smoothed it with my roller It was pretty fun and fast and I would do it again!
http://www.cakecentral.com/mod.....id=1222422 |
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arosstx
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:24 am |
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I went to include my link and found out I never posted it here on CC, so here is my addition to the camo cakes - done in buttercream, then smoothed w/ Viva. Very easy and mistake proof!
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CoutureCakeCreations
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Hey arosstx
I usually dont like camo cakes, but yours really turned out great!!!!
I love it! |
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arosstx
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Hey thanks! For having to put a grenade on a cake, I think it turned out ok. The birthday boy wanted a gun, but I kinda passed on that idea and came up w/ the grenade instead, haha. (it's all bc) |
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ali79756
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Location: monahans, texas
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Sun Aug 17, 2008 8:54 pm |
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thank u all so much for the pointers i think i feel more confident about making this cake . I LOVE CAKECENTRAL IT ROCKS!!!!!  |
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