Has anyone done a scultped corvette cake? I have been asked to do one & she would love it scultped if possible. I only need to feed 15-20 so it does not have to be big. The only thing she has specified is chocolate cake & whipped topping. Will the whipped topping hold up on scultped cakes & used for piping designs. I do not like whipped & rarely get asked to use it so I am clueless.

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BellaRosa

I would think it would be very difficult to ice this cake w/ a whipped icing! You're not going to get get a smooth surface. I think buttercream or fondant is a better way to go... !!

I agree... I would just tell her that your limited on what cake and icing you can use for sculpted cakes. I wouldn't use whipped icing and I would use a chocolate pound cake.

As far as sculpting it... I would search for pictures of corvettes online and then make the pictures the same size of the cake. If you do that then you'll know the exact porportions.

Here's a picture of an oder corvette:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.montilios.com/BirtdayCakes/CorvetteMed.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.montilios.com/BD25.html&h=360&w=288&sz=12&hl=en&start=10&tbnid=oskdcVvRQEanLM:&tbnh=117&tbnw=93&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcorvette%2Bcake%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26rls%3DGGGL,GGGL:2005-09,GGGL:en%26sa%3DN

Good luck!!

That is what I was thinking. I told her I would probably have to do the corvette as a transfer or maybe mold it out of fondant. The order is from a good friend and I have 3 weeks to practice with the fondant to see if I can get the shape right. Her DH is not a "sweets" person so that is the reason for the whipped topping. Anyone got a good recipe for whipped icing?

BellaRosa

I made my DH a Corvette cake for his 50th birthday. I would have LOVED to do a sculpted cake, but I haven't advanced that far yet! I used a FBCT, pic in my album. Good luck!