Hello,
I would like to make a sombrero cake for a Cinco de Mayo themed Bridal Shower. I wanted to know what is the best way to get the curve affect on the sombrero. I do not want the top cone part of the cake to sit flat on the base. I am trying to make it a realistic as possible. Does anyone have any ideas on this??
Do you want a 3-D type cake? If so, maybe you could carve a little curve into top of a wonder-mold cake. Then cover it in fondant and make fondant overlap at the bottom rolled up a little for the brim? If you need more cake than the wonder-mold, you could make a sheet cake to go underneath the sombrero and have a place for writing as well as a border of maybe squigglies to look like streamers and confetti. I made a fondant serape and maraca on a Fiesta themed birthday cake, once. I am going to upload the pic to my profile so you can see it if you want. I hope I helped a little bit...
I too and making a sombrerro but mine is going to go on top of a sheet cake. I havent tried this yet, so done quote me on it. but this is what I plan to do. I intend to made my circle (since mine is smaller I'll probably use a cupcake) but you should use a ball pan. Then I would put the ball inside of a large mixing bowl. I'd ice my cake inside of the bowl and put in the fondant on top. That way it covers the dome and the brim will stand up along the sides of the bowl. I said this before I considered how you'd get this out of the bowl. Maybe if you start with some parchement or waxpaper in the bottom of the bowl. Maybe double layered for extra strenght and use your cake board under the cake too. But if you leave the cake inside the bowl for the fondant should dry I think. Maybe you can play with this idea to figure it out for yourself.
I'm not sure if this is what you're asking but to make the curve of the hat brim use a pyrex bowl the next size bigger or a couple of sizes bigger than the base of the hat, dust with powdered sugar. Make your fondant circle and put it in the bowl. Let it dry a little and when you take it out it will have the curved shape. Also you can make it look textured by using tip 48 and cover the fondant...make the impressions close together starting from the outside going in. Then place the cake in the middle (already decorated). HTH.
I was trying to explain what fraggle just said. I tried this on Saturday and it worked. I read somewhere that the fondant dries out in the refridgerator so I put mine in there for a while. I pulled it out and it stayed... for about 5 minutes. I dont know if it was the heat from my kitchen or if i didnt let is stay longer but it did take the shape. Personally, I think the bowl is the best option, but I might suggest adding a little gumpaste to help it retain it's shape, and having more time to let it dry would probably help too.
I used the Wilton Mini WonderMold pan, and molded the fondant onto the outside of one of the "hills" and let it dry overnight. I then found a small bowl for the brim and once the top of the hat was dried, I placed it in the bowl and cut a piece of the same fondant to go around it. The curve at the bottom of the bowl will help you get your brim shaped.
I did this by following the directions in the Wilton yearbook, but go to their site and look under the Cinco de Mayo projects, it should be in there.
Good luck!
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