I wanted to get your opinion on if i need to put any dowels, cake boards, etc. for a hot chocolate mug cake like the couple of cool ones posted in the holiday gallery. I am using a half of a ball pan and a 6 inch round on top of that just like they used, i think.
Any advise? I would be really embarrased if it flopped on me.
fytar - I have made several of those "cup of cocoa" cakes. The way I did it was to make the saucer out of fondant - the cake itself was 1/2 of the sports ball pan turned upside down - and to keep it from falling over, I just cut a part of the rounded part off to make it flat. (does that make sense??) There is a pic of one of mine in my photos. I used buttercream as the whipped cream. Hope this helps! (I did not use the 6" round on mine, just the 1/2 of the ball cake) It makes a very small cake. What you could do too, is make like a 9X13 to set it on if you needed a bigger cake?
I guess i could always try to reverse it and put the 6 inch on the bottom and the 1/2 ball cake on the top of that (upside down). I would just make it look like the mug was sitting on something.
Would you still put some kind of dowl rods in the bottom cake to support the weight of the top cake or is that overkill considering that the top cake will not be more than a 6 inch round?
I didn't think of doing it that way....use a single layer 6" round as the saucer and then put the 1/2 ball cake on top for the mug - I would still cut a part of the rounded part off to make it set better, and I would dowel that too, just to be on the safe side. Make sure to post a pic, I would love to see one made that way!
Thank you so much for all of your help! I will let you know how it turns out. I do not know however how to load my pictures onto this site yet, still have to figure that out.
Thank you so much for all of your help! I will let you know how it turns out. I do not know however how to load my pictures onto this site yet, still have to figure that out.
..let me know if I can help with "loading" your pics!
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