Need Help With Communion Cake
Decorating By cakesbysusie Updated 1 May 2006 , 2:58pm by cakesbysusie
I am new to this forum. I have been asked to do a communion cake for a girl in the shape of a cross. It needs to serve 20-25 people (including kids). How do I even begin? What kind of pans do I use? I know how I will decorate it but just am stumped on how to construct the cake. I would appreciate any suggestions. I have checked out the photo gallery and have seen some gorgeous communion cakes. I have to start on it tomorrow. Thanks for any help you can provide, Susie
by the way........if you don't want to buy the pan.........I would suggest just baking a cake in a 9x13 pan....like you would use to make lasagna??? Then get a sheet of paper or cardboard or whatever you can find that's the same size and draw a cross on it....maximizing the size of the paper...(so you don't have as much waste).. cut the cross out then lay the paper (or cardboard) over the cake once it's cooled and removed from the pan...and carve the cross shape out, following the pattern you've made for yourself. That should get you started, then do a crumb coat, a final coat, and cover with fondant if you so choose. That cake should easily feed the amount of people you have.
Thank you so much for the help. This is a great forum. I'll try to post a picture after I'm done. Thanks again, Susie
I just did a communion cake for someone. You can check it out in my photos. I like to use the 11x15 size pan as opposed to a 9x13 because it gives me more room to decorate. It was way too much cake for 20 people but they also had two cakes for another celebration for the same day.
Alicia, I looked at your photos--very nice. Thanks for sharing. I appreciate all the help I have gotten here. I might just get the Wilton cross pan when I got to Michael's tomorrow--I have a 50% off coupon from JoAnn's and they will honor their coupons.
Thanks for the info on A.C. Moore. Unfortunately, we do not have one in this area....I wish we did. I visited a friend in NC and went to their store and fell in love with it. I found Folk Art paints in skads of colors...much better selection than M's or J's. When I go visit her again, I'll look in the cake decorating section. Thanks again. Blessings, Susie
I did it!!!!.....albeit it was a nightmare constructing this cake. Next time, I will purchase Wilton's cross pan. I went looking for it in our area but no one carried it (just my luck). I did bake an 11x15 and then made a template (as someone suggested...thanks) and I made it 2 layers because I consulted with my course teacher and she was afraid that it wouldn't feed as many as I wanted because with cutting so much away and also they wanted the garland string on the side. It ended up that they had a ton of cake leftover! Not as many people showed up as expected (oh well). Then when I was doing the crumb coat the left arm of the cross started crumbing and falling apart. I had to patch it up. After I finished it, it didn't look so bad. I did lose money on this cake with the time that I spent on it but it was a good learning experience. I've attached photos so you guys can see. Thanks for all the help that I got here. Susie
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