Does Anyone Have Decorations And A Picture Of A Teapot Cake?
Decorating By sunflowerfreak Updated 25 May 2006 , 5:47am by fronklowes
Need directions and picture of a teapot cake for a bridal shower. Anyone have any? Any help would be appreciated. sunflowerfreak
Here are some instructions for a teapot cake
http://www.sugarcraft.com/catalog/pans/teaparty.htm
Wilton has one on their site, cups and all with the instructions and the picture. I have trouble linking anything, sorry.
Thanks for your replies. Quadcrew, do you have the directions to the teapot cake you posted? That is sooooo cute. thanks sunflowerfreak
Here are the directions for the ones I make - I think they are easier than the ones posted!
I use the sports ball pan. I cut a small section off of the part that will be the bottom of the pot and save it - that is what I use to make the topper. (I just use a glass or a cookie cutter to cut the topper from that piece of cake) I put the two parts of the cake together with icing and attach the piece I cut for the topper on the top and then ice the whole thing in buttercream. I then do the viva trick to get it smooth before decortaing it.
The spout and the handle are both made of gumpaste. I make them a couple of days ahead of time so they can be dry. I also try to form them by pressing them against the sports ball pan so I know what kind of curve they should have in them to attach them. I put a couple of toothpicks in each one so that when I go to attach them to the cake they will stay. Do not make them too big, I see a lot of the teapot cakes with them looking horrible because they are so big. I use the fisher price teapot at sort of a template for them.
As soon as the icing has crusted and the viva has gotten it smooth, I then attach the handle and spout. I add extra icing around the edges of the spout - it never seems to work right and that helps hide the imperfections. Then I just decorate them however you want to! I usually have the royal dried flowers here from other cakes I have done, and I use them as the decorations. then I trim it out in whatever color buttercream you want to match. I ususally make a buttercream rose for the very top of the topper. I also make star tips around the base where the teapot sets too - makes it look nicer.
I hope this helps! let me know if there is something you don't understand or need more help with. They are not hard to do at all. I have done probably 20 or so of them the last year!
The one from Jewels is the same one. There is one at www.brightideas.com It's cute and you print out a template. When the sites come on click on any of them and then search Teapot Birthday Cake.
You guys are awesome. Thanks so much for your help. How much would you charge for a cake like that? sunflowerfreak
I charge $35. for this cake. It is a very small cake. Depending on your area, you may be able to charge upwards of $50. for it. It is definately an eye-catching cake! I always get lots of oohs and aahhhhs over them! I make them a lot for a teahouse here in our town.
They are not nearly as hard as they look to make - I have done so many of them now it is like 2nd nature to me!
Also the more you cut from the bottom of the one side, the more stable it will be setting on the cake board.
I have one in my photo gallery also! I cut the bottom of to make it flat and used that for the lid. The handle and spout are made of mmf. They are fun to make!
WOW-Thanks for all the teapot pics. I went into all of your photo albums and I am quite impressed. You guys have beautiful looking cakes. I just started taking cake decorating lessons. I am in course 2, lesson 2. I just can't seem to get the hang of the Wilton rose. I can make a rose but I can never fit all those petals on. I am making my first cake for my bosses birthday which is tomorrow. I made roses out of gum paster which I thought came out good until I saw everyone else's gum paste roses. They put mine to shame. I didn't have the decorator gum paste tools. Then I made a zillon "Wilton" roses and they didn't come out too good either. I need alot more practice that is for sure. My roses have tiny wholes throughout the frosting. Does anyone know how to get rid of them? I added more water to the frosting but it didn't seem to help. I hope I can someday have my cakes looking as great as all of yours. My daughter is getting married in October and I am making her wedding cake!!!!! That is why I started taking lessons. Thanks everyone!!! sunflowerfreak
I've only done one teapot cake, but it's in my pictures if you want to take a look. I used the basic instructions from Quadcrew.
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