On a website, I saw a cake that was an inground pool and the legs were sticking out of the "water" the center was like the pool of water.....ok, how did they do that? I wish I remember what sight that was....anyone know what I am referring to?
thanks
sahm 
I don't think either of these are the one you saw but they look great!
http://www.montney.com/relatives/timothy/8bcake.jpg
http://www.cakedecoratingshop.com.au/images/Full_Images/pool.jpg
The water is piping gel and the people are sculpted from fondant.
http://www.beryls.com/cakegallery.htm
HOw did they do that????? It looks like a LOT of piping gel, if that is what that is!!! I want to do that!!!! 
Oh...I'm glad you found it! The ones with piping gel are probably just a thin layer of gel over buttercream. The one at beryl's...well I can't tell! It may be fondant. I've also heard of people using Jello--don't ask me how they do that. I would love to know too!
I've seen water done using melted clear candy or home made candy too. Melt or make the candy and pour it onto a baking sheet. Cut it to the size and shape you need before it gets hard and then after it hardens you lay it on top of where you want the water to be. You just have to lift it off before cutting the cake.
The jello way is to make blue jello and then to cut it into chunks and just dump it into the "pool". I guess you could just put a smooth piece in it too if you wanted.
Debbie
right now i am making a hot tub cake (it will be posted tomorrow when i finish it) I made a small round cake and put a layer of fondant over the top. Then i dyed some piping gel blue. I needed bubbles of course and so i made a loose meringue and used a toothpick to swirl it through, here is a preview! I have made fondant people to put in here as well. It is actually sitting on the top of a larger cake. I only needed about 3 tbsps of gel for this.
ok, i posted the finished hot tub cake. enjoy!
I used blue jello made with only 1 cup of water for this pool cake. I cut out the center of the cake and put the top of chinese food take out in the middle and filled it with the blue jello and put it in the refrigerator. The tiles are fondant swirled with teal and brushed with pearl dust. This picture doesn't do the cake justice-it was really pretty in real life.
I used blue jello made with only 1 cup of water for this pool cake. I cut out the center of the cake and put the top of chinese food take out in the middle and filled it with the blue jello and put it in the refrigerator. The tiles are fondant swirled with teal and brushed with pearl dust. This picture doesn't do the cake justice-it was really pretty in real life.
Wow...it sure looks great! I can't imagine it looking any better. Thanks for sharing how you did the Jello. I've been wondering how that was done.
Thank you,
The sign looks 3d but it is printed from a program called print shop. I printed it on a heavy card stock paper & then hot glued a skewer to the back and stuck it in the cake. the same for the ribbon.
Thank you,
The sign looks 3d but it is printed from a program called print shop. I printed it on a heavy card stock paper & then hot glued a skewer to the back and stuck it in the cake. the same for the ribbon.
Thanks...I hope mine look as good as yours! I already bought the cardstock I plan to use (light browns). I'm going to put them in the CC using flat toothpicks. I was planning on just letting the toothpick be the post but I'm going to play with some clip art and see if I can come up with something like yours.
lisa,
I can email you the picture if you want.
Just let me know...I can also change the color if you want it lighter.
Oh Lisa I forgot to tell you I was looking for a birthday card the other day and I saw the card listed in your Cake Fun pages entitled " No you idiot I said SHEET cake!" so of course I had to buy it! I scanned it large so I could print it out and put it in my dorm at school. It's sooo funny.
I've not tried it, but I read somewhere that to do the jello thing, you cut out the area you want the "water" in, and line it with some plastic wrap. Then spoon in the 'almost set' jello and let it completely set. Then peel off the plastic wrap, frost the cake and set it in. Sounds easy enough, huh? 
lisa,
I can email you the picture if you want.
Just let me know...I can also change the color if you want it lighter.
That would be so great...Thanks! I think I'll want it without color because the cardstock is colored. You don't have to go through that trouble though. I have a program that can do it. I really appreciate it.
Oh Lisa I forgot to tell you I was looking for a birthday card the other day and I saw the card listed in your Cake Fun pages entitled " No you idiot I said SHEET cake!" so of course I had to buy it! I scanned it large so I could print it out and put it in my dorm at school. It's sooo funny.
That is so funny! I actually came across the picture before the caption so I was racking my brain trying to figure out what was going on with that cake. Once I saw it with the caption, I laughed sooo hard!
I've not tried it, but I read somewhere that to do the jello thing, you cut out the area you want the "water" in, and line it with some plastic wrap. Then spoon in the 'almost set' jello and let it completely set. Then peel off the plastic wrap, frost the cake and set it in. Sounds easy enough, huh?
That does sound easy! I bet you could even add some gummy fish to that.
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