Im making a paint can cake for a childs birthday party at an art studio. I have a wilton 8 x 3"deep pan to use. I was wondering how high I should stack it and what to put between layers. I have some experience using dowels and cake boards (Well only one time with the forum's help!) I dont want to cake of filling to buldge.
I was thinking of icing the whole thing smooth with buttercream, and applying a MMF to do the paint on the top, with it drooping down the sides.
Thanks for your help!
Kathy
it would just be the same as any tiered cake -- only all the tiers are the same diameter.
so cake board every two layers and dowels and central dowel to stabilize the whole thing.
if going w/ full 3" layers then could do 3 layers for a 9 inch cake or 4 for a 12" but no more than that!
then cover in icing of choice (tho' I'm partial to fondant)
build up a rim so can will look like some paint missing (this could be ring of cut sections of cake or if good at trimming take same size round as rest of cake and cut away the middle (use for cake balls)
as for the drippy paint...
I'd mix up a big batch of color flow (essentially runny royal icing) and then squeeze big blobs of it around the edge and let gravity do the rest. and could even put big blob in well at top of cake where it should level out and give that smooth, shiny paint surface look.
and if edible images are available could create a fun fake label for the cake.
Thanks for the tips! Im getting nervous now, sounds a little complicated!!!
K
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