I know this is terrible just to post, but I am so proud that I just had to. I made Debbie Brown's bee hive cake. It is my first carved cake and I am really happy with how it came out.
I didn't like that the cake was as dry as it was...but I am getting used to a new oven, so that might be part of it.
I had some problems with the "door" I made it too deep, then I played around with it too much, so it looks pretty bad.
The best part was that I made it to bring to a retirement party. My colleague is an apiologist - he's worked with bees his whole life, so it was appreciated.
Thanks for looking and for allowing me to share.
That is really cute and I can see why you are so proud of it. Your bees are adorable too.
Great job!!!
I've used the same idea of cake for my youngst daughter's 1st birthday. It was the second time in my life that I workd with rolled fondant (home made) and the first time ever that I carved a cake.
I should have stayed on a simpler model because I had to deal with too many new things at once.
Still, I am happy I did it.
This is such a beautiful cake for kids!
Wow it looks great! The door doesn't look bad Being a little over critical are we?? :p
What kind of knife did ya use? I'm thinking a serated bread knife, but I know some folks use an electric knife! There'd be cake flying everywhere if I used one of those!!!
its freakin' adorable!!!! I LOVE IT! I really think I need to go get some of Debbie Brown's books!!!
VERY cute!!!!! I've not attempted a carved cake yet.. heck i can't even cut a straight line! LOL
Thank you all SO much.
It was fun to make and I was so happy that it all worked!
Yes, I used a serrated bread knife. It was a long knife, and I would have rather had a shorter one and would have felt like a had more control.
I was surprised at how "stiff" the cake was. I have covered 2 other cakes with fondant - they were box mixes and were very soft. This one was the Madeira cake recipe from the book. I found that after I carved it there were more rougher edges that I couldn't smooth out after it was covered with the fondant.
Next cake I'll know to pay closer attention to the details of the carving...I am going to attempt a Noah's ark cake for my son's first birthday!
Thank you all for looking and for your kind words!
That is so so cute! You have every reason to be proud of that cake and to me the door looks fine! As a matter of fact before I read what you typed I was looking at the photo and that was something that impressed me!
Congratulations!
It's adorable! You door looks fine and the bee's are so cute. I bet the guy was so tickled, and never imagined he'd get something like that!! Good job!!!!!!!
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