What would be a good idea for a menorial day cake. I was thinking patriotic but that seema too fourth of july . What are you all doing?
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I don't know does this sound too fourth of july-ish? I was thinking of a fondant-covered cake. The fondant would either be painted red, white, and blue, or cut into small sections and colored red, white, and blue. I would either paint or lay on the strips of fondant to the side in a corresponding pattern. Then, on the top, i would make stars out of those colors. A circle of red stars around the top, then white, then blue and so on...
here's some clip art that is included in MS Word and Publisher and available online at microsoft.com's template gallery.
the two I like the most:
the lower left one -- could be a sheet cake, with small tombstone of stacked cake and then a fondant flag.
upper left tho' is top favorite for me.
start w/ horseshoe pan (or bundt pan / sheet cake -- cut and arrange)
then deco out w/ fondant leaves to get the wreath.
fondant flag draped across.
for more servings plop on sheet cake (could even carve/color it to match the yellow blobs behind the wreath)
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another image that sticks in my mind ---
how the army will have the boots of the fallen, their helmet and rifle and sometimes flak jacket.
could do a 3-D set of boots and add flag or yellow ribbon.
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images from web for inspiration:
http://z.about.com/d/drawsketch/1/0/j/C/army_boots.JPG
http://www.smithsonianlegacies.si.edu/photos/110.jpg
http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/bushbeat/archive/images/anbar-memorial-for-soldier-.jpg
http://home.surfree.com/imagelib/sitebuilder/misc/show_image.html?linkedwidth=actual&linkpath=http://home.surfree.com/~bgc883/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/SPCDeurelMemorial.jpg&target=tlx_new
Doug's ideas are super, but to embellish, maybe instead of the flag, make the soldier's camoflage material draped over; same with the cross instead of the plain cloth.
I think a flag would be appropriate or a star with fondant bunting on it (Wilton has one on their site).
I did a flag a couple of years ago for a family gathering on Memorial Day. My cousin's husband was in Iraq at the time so it was very appropriate.
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