Cake For Toga Party- Need Ideas

Decorating By tguegirl Updated 21 Aug 2008 , 9:14pm by tguegirl

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tguegirl Posted 16 Aug 2008 , 12:56pm
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Hi all,
I have been asked to make a cake for a toga party sponsored by my university that will be throwing a party for all of the new incoming students. It'll be my first paid cake! icon_smile.gif (I mainly do cakes for family and friends) Anyways, I cannot for the life of me decide what kind of cake to make. Anybody have any ideas? It should feed about 75.
Thanks for any help!

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luddroth Posted 16 Aug 2008 , 1:20pm
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How about an Acropolis cake? A big rectangular cake with columns around the outside (gumpaste) and triangular toppers at the ends shaped like Greek or Roman building facades?

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Narie Posted 16 Aug 2008 , 1:57pm
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Temple_of_portunus_front.jpg

Same kind of idea, only I chose the Roman Temple of Portunus. Togas were a worn by Ancient Roman men, their form of a business suit.

Search Toga Party and you will get several other ideas- Including Earlene's doric column caKe.

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aztomcat Posted 18 Aug 2008 , 4:25am
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I'm thinking of the half wreath of ivy they wore on their heads. Maybe that can be on top of the column/building cake.

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tguegirl Posted 21 Aug 2008 , 9:14pm
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Thanks for everyone's help! I've been researching like crazy and I came up with the following two ideas.
The Colosseum http://www.artcake.ru/cakes.htm/b958/
The Pantheon http://z.about.com/d/atheism/1/0/f/f/PantheonRomeModel.jpg

Neither looks very easy and I'm afraid I might be biting off more than I can chew (esp. with the Colosseum!) Does anyone have any suggestions/advice on which I should pick and how I should go about doing it?

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