My Nephwe's Birthday-3-D Cake

Decorating By chaniliz Updated 18 Apr 2007 , 11:13am by Dustbunny

chaniliz Posted 8 Mar 2007 , 4:40pm

Hi
This a birthday cake for my nephew in PR. I went overnight delivery yesterday afternoon and sholud arrive on Friday.

I want to thank Karennayak for her help and inspiration. The cake is butter cake is BC filling and frosting, simple syroup of brandy and Amaretto and cover in fondant. I did want to try mixing gel color and vanilla extract. It was fun and I'm very please with the result. I know is not an exact replica of the sneaker I used but at leat look like one. Please feel free to critique because I will like to perfect my skills.
Thanks
Lizzie

15 replies

delgado2134 Posted 8 Mar 2007 , 4:48pm

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That is too cool

Dawn2467 Posted 8 Mar 2007 , 5:40pm

post #3 of 16

So cute...really like the details that you put into it.

Cori1207 Posted 8 Mar 2007 , 5:40pm

post #4 of 16

I think you did a great job... your nephew will love it!

chaniliz Posted 13 Mar 2007 , 2:23pm

post #5 of 16

Thanks for your comments
The cake arrive in perfect conditions and my nephew and evryone else was very impress.
Lizzie

superstar Posted 14 Mar 2007 , 12:43am

post #6 of 16

You did a great job.

agagnier Posted 14 Mar 2007 , 1:11pm

post #7 of 16

I have one question..How do you package a cake to ship? I'am not brave enough to try this. I'd love to ship one to my brother in VA but I'm afraid of the mailman tipping it on it's side or upside down.

imaginecakes Posted 14 Mar 2007 , 1:38pm

post #8 of 16

Ok, me too!!!! How on earth do you ship a cake? I'm terrified of just moving it from one table to the next without encountering a disaster!!! You cake is cute!

chaniliz Posted 14 Mar 2007 , 1:47pm

post #9 of 16

Hi everyone
It is not that difficult, first t has to be a fondant covered cake. Stack well, I used foam core for the base because I did want the dowel to go thru the cake and the card board. I freeze it for a couple of hour before delivering to the post office. Wrap it in plactic wrap put inside a foam cooler. filled with bubbles wrap al over and the foam cooler place in a regular box. It did not moved because of the bubbles wrap. Hope it helps
Lizzie

khoudek Posted 14 Mar 2007 , 1:50pm

post #10 of 16

Soooo neat.... and what an original idea!!!!

imaginecakes Posted 14 Mar 2007 , 1:52pm

post #11 of 16

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaniliz

Hi everyone
It is not that difficult, first t has to be a fondant covered cake. Stack well, I used foam core for the base because I did want the dowel to go thru the cake and the card board. I freeze it for a couple of hour before delivering to the post office. Wrap it in plactic wrap put inside a foam cooler. filled with bubbles wrap al over and the foam cooler place in a regular box. It did not moved because of the bubbles wrap. Hope it helps
Lizzie

Thanks so much for the info!

agagnier Posted 14 Mar 2007 , 2:04pm

post #12 of 16

Thanks so much. Here is another dumb question...Can you do this with a buttercream frosting?

karennayak Posted 18 Apr 2007 , 8:27am

post #13 of 16

Hi Liz,
Congratulations!
The cake turned out Great! No surprise that everyone was impressed. I've seen the original shoe you were replicating and I think you've done a really good job, especially the strips on the sides and the soles of the shoes.

Sorry I didn't see your post earlier.
Karen