My friends are throwing a Mexican themed Summer Party this up coming weekend and I would like to surprise them with a cake that represents the theme .

My idea is to make a 3D worm drinking tequila wearing a sobrero , but I am confussed on how to get the worm to stay up straight . ... What would suggest ?

I thought of making the head and end out of cake and take foil or RKT covered in Fondant for the middle of the body ... But not sure ...

I would really appreciate suggestions


Thank you every much for all your help

Julie

Right off the top of my head, I would suggest using a wire support (ie. coat hanger) covered in RKT, then in fondant. Don't let anyone eat it, though, as the wire isn't 'food friendly'. It's purely for the effect. I wouldn't use foil, because you won't get the slick look of a worm or the support a wire will give you.

I would secure it to the cake with dowels - they are food friendly, of course.

Good luck! Post pictures!!

Thank you ... I never thought of using a hanger ... always thought of floral wire and such ...

Honestly the best way would be to bake a bundt cake and cut it in half creating the ridged worm effect and using a 6 in circle cake probably 3 tiered depending on how tall your bundt cake is or using the cake pan that has 4 individual cone looking pans as the head.Shape it as round as possible.

Attach a mini dount and dount whole on top for the sombrero crumb coating the whole thing and keeping it glued together then covering it in fondant if you want or buttercream the sombrero can be made of banana laffy taffy(cheaper) or gumpaste (dries faster) and score it with the back of a butter knife to make the straw effect.

Get back to me if you have anymore questions here or at http://sweet2oothtreats.blogspot.com/ Have fun!!

I personally would do a round/square/sheet cake and dress it up with a Mexican theme and I would make all the accent pieces (worm/sombrero/glass) out of gum paste or some other medium and either place them on the cake itself or on the board.

There are some great Mexican theme cakes in the gallery to give you some ideas.

If your thinking of making a glass with tequila in it maybe this will give you some ideas:

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1195572

Here's one with a blanket like CutiePieCakes mentioned:
http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=329513

and yet some more:
http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1284443
http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1136793

Yeah somehow the idea a large drunken worm to later slice up and eat is not especially appealing party food to moi--similar effect with the pregnant belly cakes--eww eww eww.

I mean people do it all the time so don't mind me

I'm just voting for a very small worm on a larger cake.

Hey--what about a tequilla bottle with a worm leaning up against it?
Or 'inside' it.