I am doing my first (paid) cake for Friday. I was going to do a white cake with gumpaste tulips - however I found out today that I HATE gumpaste....or at least I hate trying to make tulips from gumpaste.
The cake is for a bridal shower where the bride's fiance is from Holland. The woman I am making the cake for suggested a shoe, which I was not too keen on - or anything else Holland themed that I wanted to try.
I called up dear ol' ma, and she suggested a windmill. I love the idea, and was wondering if you all could help me out some more.
I know I will have to stack square cakes and carve it in a windmill shape. I am thinking of covering the sides in chocolate fondant. Perhaps using white chocolate or royal icing to make the windmill blades? From there I have no other ideas...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
is this going to be a 3d cAKE? MY only concern would be if it is, how are you going to attach the blades? i just don't know if they would be too heavy made out of royal or chocolate. what about rice paper? i've never worked with it, but it would be lightweight. good luck and post a pic
You seeem to be on the right track A windmill on a cake board decorated with grass and a path to the door. You could do stone or brick for the path.. Royal might have better strength than the chocolate. You might even consider color flow for the blades.
If you do royal or color flow you could make them with a hole to accomadate a dowel or cookie stick then glue them to the stick with royal.
I can't help you in the 3-D cake department, but I just had an idea that might be simpler: a stacked round or square cake with little windmills and tulips for borders and then do a Dutch boy and girl couple on the top of the cake, like maybe a buttercream transfer or trace it on.
I googled this one and thought it was so sweet with the little shoes and windmill.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.polhill/images/P7250024.JPG
You could get a windmill chocolate mold and put the choc figure un top of a fondant covered cake and some tulips maybe...
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