My mother's 50th birthdya is the last day in May and I am throwing her a surprose partyy. My sister and I want to give her two cakes...the first will be a dummy made to resemble a pine box (like a cheap coffin in the old days) and the second will be her real cake. We want to do the first cake as a dummy because we are going to put 50 candles on it and give her a fire extinguisher to put them out!

So, how do I go about making a rectangular cake look like a pine box? I'm open to all suggestions... 'cause I ain't gotta clue!

TIA,
Misty

Anybody?

Hi misdawn. Well, Once I did a wooden floor. I'll tell you how I did it. First I role out some teddy bear brown fandant and cut out some thin strips. Before you cut it you can use the impression mat that has wood effect to get the real wood effect, and then cut it into thin strips. Then I glued one by one onto the board that I'm using. Then I use a blunt side of a knife to make sections. Then I use a pin to get the nail effect. Once everything is glued, I left it to dry. Once its dried, I used chocolate colour liquid coloring to brush it over.

Hope you understand what I said. But you can go to my photos and look up on the "Handyman" photo. It will make more sence.

HTH

Hi,
I've done tons of searching for cutters and stuff latly and I know I've seen wood impression tools and rolling pins, there's some mats here:

http://globalsugarart.com/search.php?search=woodgrain&searchimage.x=36&searchimage.y=2

and ebay is a great place to find cheap baking accersories also!

Shola
XXX

Is there a way to paint the fondant so that it looks like wood?

I made a crate for a wine bottle cake, and I scored a wood design with a toothpick. I started with a cream colored fondant, then painted wood grain with gel colors thinned with vodka. It was really easy and I think turned out well. The picture is in my photos.

when I did mine i covered the cake board with the fondant and then mixed some brown gel with some alcohol and used a paint brush, and used a knife to score some lines..hope this helps

I did a wood looking barrel of stuff inmy photo's... I made light tan fondant and rolled it and cut strips, then I placed each on individually.

I don't know if you have ever painted before, but there is a technique called dry brushing, I think. anyway, you get a hard bristled brush and dip into into your paint and brush the surface. I used this technique with a brown gel color (not watered down). then I used a paper towel and gave a quick brush over it to lighten up some areas and give the wood effect. I used the brush to paint on some knots, and then flipped it over and dipped the stick end into the color and poked it to make the nail marks.

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1118713

I make impressions in the fondant. Make some wood planks, then kinda take a knife and hit it on the fondant. Paint the box with watered down gel, let it set and then wipe it going in the direction of wood planks. It will have the appearance of wood. Then reapply with a thinned down brown gel.

Thanks everybody! I have a couple of weeks to practice so I think I'm gonna go hit the kitchen and try some your ideas! Thanks Again!!!

Depending on what sort of wood effect you are after, one way to make it look 'woody' is to roll a crumpled up bit of foil over the fondant.

This gives a kind of wood bark effect, once its dried, mix some brown dusting powder with a little alcohol (gin or vodka) and using strong strokes brush over the fondant, then over brush with a different shade of brown ot get the required colour.

If you want a plank effect, then like the others have said, you can mark and score it with a knife.

cakedout7 made a beautiful fairytale cottage using that technique for the windows...you may wanna ping her and ask.

Her picture: http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1210773

I used a pizza cutter to lightly score it, painted with watered down gel and wiped away excess. It took a couple of tries to get the "look" I wanted.