I have a cake due on friday for a business. It needs to serve about 10 people (8 men 2 women) It is for a business meeting after lunch.
First question--Do you think a 9" double layer Hexagon cake will be enough?
Second question--I am needing to do a company logo. http://www.69incss.com/ this is the logo. The background is black then the writting will be in Silver. I plan on using silver luster dust. But my question is, what will be the best medium to use? They want it to be edible so they don't have to worry about removing anything. I was thinking buttercream, but am not sure about having that much black.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I am not sure where to begin here.
Leily
Sorry I guess I should have clarrified that....
The cake will be iced in a white buttercream. Then the logo being a rectangle with the silver outline then black in the middle and more silver writting.
I am thinking of using their line "quietly making it happen everytime" and writting it around the outside of the cake... haven't decided on this.
I was thinking fondant too, then I could make it a little in advance. however what would you use for the writting? Just pipe buttercream over the fondant? It is a certain font that is part of their registered mark so I need to keep the correct font.
Thanks for the help!!
Leily
I'd make a stencil of their logo and either dab the silver through it or (wishing he had one) airbursh it.
to make stencil:
get the ink-jet compatible overhead transparencies.
save logo from web.
use MS photo editor to crop down to just logo (the whole image saves not just the logo part)
then print on transparencie...BUT Backwards (flipped) so that when reversed the ink is on top AWAY from cake (don't want it to transfer to cake)
then use sharp exacto knife to cut out.
of course, if someone near you can do edible image, then just take cropped logo to them and have them print it out.
Thanks for the stencil idea Doug. I have their logo alone on my computer so I can just reverse that!! great idea. (Sitting here wishing for a airbrush) So if I use luster dust on the stencil do I need to still mix it with alcohol? If so, will it take more to cover up the black? I have only done it on white before.
I had thought of the edible image, however their Logo is a registered trademark and getting the permission and a place to actually copy it is another story..... oh i wish I had one myself.
If you think there is enough time I would be glad to help you with printing the logo on a frosting sheet. PM me if you would like to try.
I think a 9" cake is more than enough. Another idea: you might want to consider making the logo from royal icing. Make a sketch of the logo and lay wax paper over the sketch. Outline the logo and then pipe in softened royal icing. Let dry. Use luster dust on silver sections. I did a buttercream cake design several years ago and made the letters this way. The letters held up perfectly.
I am new, so these might not be good suggestions, but what about a color flow plaque of the logo where you would outline it and paint the letters silver and then flow in the black. Or what about a chocolate transfer where you paint the letters silver? I read about chocolate transfers here by SquirrellyCakes. Here is the link:
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-13945-chocolate.html+transfer
I don't know anything about painting chocolate with luster dust, but I was thinking you could just get white chocolate for the letters and then paint it silver. (Not sure if that's even possible!) Hope this helps a little!
Quote by @%username% on %date%
%body%