Tutorial On Sculpting A "camera Cake"
Decorating By cmorcakedesign Updated 15 Jan 2011 , 9:00pm by rdpjcakes
Hi,
I need assistance with sculpting a "Nikon Camera cake". Any help or suggestion will be greatly appreciated... I will be putting the camera on a 10" inch round cake.
Thank you....
I want to learn also!!! I see so many and Im thinking how hard can it be...HARD!!! lol
when and IF I do one, it will be out of BC, I only work in that. but I did find this on line and hope it helps somebody, not me...I need pics of it being done...lol
http://www.wilton.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=4&threadid=121503
We need to make a canon cake and searching for pictures i found this amazing tutorial for a paper camera, i think it will be usefull, we could cut templates from the printouts
printouts
http://www.cig.canon-europe.com/ce/promotion/craft_pdf/5dmkii/5D_e_A4.pdf?locale=en_GB
instructions
http://www.cig.canon-europe.com/ce/promotion/craft_pdf/5dmkii/5D_i_e_A4.pdf?locale=en_GB
I made a camera (to go with my laptop cake). The camera was pretty much actual size, not larger, but I just too the real thing and used it as a guide. Cut shape while eyeballing the camera. It was a really easy shape to carve, I would do it the same way if I was enlarging the camera as well.
Hi,
I need assistance with sculpting a "Nikon Camera cake". Any help or suggestion will be greatly appreciated... I will be putting the camera on a 10" inch round cake.
Thank you....
Here you go:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/18746870@N04/5066632560/
Just follow the few pictures there. You'll get at least an idea of how it was made.
anyone have any idea what she used to make the indents on the lens??
If you go to the Camera Cake Before Airbrushing photo, and you download the highest resolution, and enlarge that on your screen, you'll notice that on the right-hand side near her tools she has what looks like perfectly cut (and hardened) rectangles of maybe gumpaste/fondant? She used those to make the big indents. I think the other ones are probably a roller. Unless she made her own "stamp" out of a piece of hardened fondant with indents, to stamp the thinner indentations.
anyone have any idea what she used to make the indents on the lens??
If you go to the Camera Cake Before Airbrushing photo, and you download the highest resolution, and enlarge that on your screen, you'll notice that on the right-hand side near her tools she has what looks like perfectly cut (and hardened) rectangles of maybe gumpaste/fondant? She used those to make the big indents. I think the other ones are probably a roller. Unless she made her own "stamp" out of a piece of hardened fondant with indents, to stamp the thinner indentations.
The Flickr camera cake is mine. The large indents were made with the grey hard plastic pieces as noted, but those around the end were made with a spatula after placing the fondant strip around the end of the lens. Oh by the way it was made by a he not a she.
Thank you, rdpjcakes. And thanks for the detailed pictorial. Your camera is flawless, there's nothing quite like that anywhere else.
anyone have any idea what she used to make the indents on the lens??
If you go to the Camera Cake Before Airbrushing photo, and you download the highest resolution, and enlarge that on your screen, you'll notice that on the right-hand side near her tools she has what looks like perfectly cut (and hardened) rectangles of maybe gumpaste/fondant? She used those to make the big indents. I think the other ones are probably a roller. Unless she made her own "stamp" out of a piece of hardened fondant with indents, to stamp the thinner indentations.
The Flickr camera cake is mine. The large indents were made with the grey hard plastic pieces as noted, but those around the end were made with a spatula after placing the fondant strip around the end of the lens. Oh by the way it was made by a he not a she.
LOL! How thick did you roll your fondant? What kind of fondant is it? It looks amazing! I don't anticipate a cake like this, I am just curious because it looks so GOOD!
lol! it does seem to be a female dominated world, the cake world. I'm just looking through your photostream, you're very generous sharing your processes like that, thank you!
Oh by the way it was made by a he not a she.
Thank you, rdpjcakes. And thanks for the detailed pictorial. Your camera is flawless, there's nothing quite like that anywhere else.
Thank You. I'm an engineer so I really enjoy the structure and process, so I try to remember to take progress photos along the way.
anyone have any idea what she used to make the indents on the lens??
If you go to the Camera Cake Before Airbrushing photo, and you download the highest resolution, and enlarge that on your screen, you'll notice that on the right-hand side near her tools she has what looks like perfectly cut (and hardened) rectangles of maybe gumpaste/fondant? She used those to make the big indents. I think the other ones are probably a roller. Unless she made her own "stamp" out of a piece of hardened fondant with indents, to stamp the thinner indentations.
The Flickr camera cake is mine. The large indents were made with the grey hard plastic pieces as noted, but those around the end were made with a spatula after placing the fondant strip around the end of the lens. Oh by the way it was made by a he not a she.
LOL! How thick did you roll your fondant? What kind of fondant is it? It looks amazing! I don't anticipate a cake like this, I am just curious because it looks so GOOD!
It is pretty thick, maybe 3/16", especially on the lens which was made of rice cereal treats. On something like this I normally us Wilton fondant because it stiffen quite a bit and I wont have to worry about it falling apart during transport. I was not too happy with it at first when I covered it with fondant it seemed to be too rounded on the edges. The more details that were added helped it.
anyone have any idea what she used to make the indents on the lens??
If you go to the Camera Cake Before Airbrushing photo, and you download the highest resolution, and enlarge that on your screen, you'll notice that on the right-hand side near her tools she has what looks like perfectly cut (and hardened) rectangles of maybe gumpaste/fondant? She used those to make the big indents. I think the other ones are probably a roller. Unless she made her own "stamp" out of a piece of hardened fondant with indents, to stamp the thinner indentations.
The Flickr camera cake is mine. The large indents were made with the grey hard plastic pieces as noted, but those around the end were made with a spatula after placing the fondant strip around the end of the lens. Oh by the way it was made by a he not a she.
LOL! How thick did you roll your fondant? What kind of fondant is it? It looks amazing! I don't anticipate a cake like this, I am just curious because it looks so GOOD!
It is pretty thick, maybe 3/16", especially on the lens which was made of rice cereal treats. On something like this I normally us Wilton fondant because it stiffen quite a bit and I wont have to worry about it falling apart during transport. I was not too happy with it at first when I covered it with fondant it seemed to be too rounded on the edges. The more details that were added helped it.
Your cakes look great, too bad they aren't edible 
JK, Have you tried Michele Fosters Fondant (MFF) It is on here in the recipe section. You have to make it the day before you need it, but it is cheaper than Wilton, and it tastes SO good. There is an updated recipe that I use. She is "sugarflowers" I think. Somebody please correct me if I am wrong. The 1 recipe says 2 Tbs glycerine and 2 Tbs gelatin, the other has it as 3 tbs each. She says to use the larger amount if your corn syrup is runny, less if it is thick. I find it very workable, and you can add a little tylose if you want it to harden a little. Add more and it is gumpaste. I always make it with about 6 oz white chocolate chips.
anyone have any idea what she used to make the indents on the lens??
If you go to the Camera Cake Before Airbrushing photo, and you download the highest resolution, and enlarge that on your screen, you'll notice that on the right-hand side near her tools she has what looks like perfectly cut (and hardened) rectangles of maybe gumpaste/fondant? She used those to make the big indents. I think the other ones are probably a roller. Unless she made her own "stamp" out of a piece of hardened fondant with indents, to stamp the thinner indentations.
The Flickr camera cake is mine. The large indents were made with the grey hard plastic pieces as noted, but those around the end were made with a spatula after placing the fondant strip around the end of the lens. Oh by the way it was made by a he not a she.
LOL! How thick did you roll your fondant? What kind of fondant is it? It looks amazing! I don't anticipate a cake like this, I am just curious because it looks so GOOD!
It is pretty thick, maybe 3/16", especially on the lens which was made of rice cereal treats. On something like this I normally us Wilton fondant because it stiffen quite a bit and I wont have to worry about it falling apart during transport. I was not too happy with it at first when I covered it with fondant it seemed to be too rounded on the edges. The more details that were added helped it.
Your cakes look great, too bad they aren't edible
JK, Have you tried Michele Fosters Fondant (MFF) It is on here in the recipe section. You have to make it the day before you need it, but it is cheaper than Wilton, and it tastes SO good. There is an updated recipe that I use. She is "sugarflowers" I think. Somebody please correct me if I am wrong. The 1 recipe says 2 Tbs glycerine and 2 Tbs gelatin, the other has it as 3 tbs each. She says to use the larger amount if your corn syrup is runny, less if it is thick. I find it very workable, and you can add a little tylose if you want it to harden a little. Add more and it is gumpaste. I always make it with about 6 oz white chocolate chips.
Thank You, I will try it.
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