Hey gals
I want to make a taco cake, similar to the one below....
But I just cant figure out how to do the shells. I have look at all of them online and PM those who made great ones, but have not heard back yet and I am hoping to make a few tacos for a party tomorrow night! 
Any help would be great!
Thanks in advance
PS> INSTRUCTIONS I FOUND: The shells are made of white candy melts with some yellow ones thrown in until you get the right colour, 5 or 6 finely crushed chocolate wafer cookies. Draw an oval about 2" larger than your cakes and place wax paper over the oval, pour some melted chocolate into the middle, spread it around to cover the oval, place a slice of cake in the centre and smooth the 'shell' up each side. Place in the fridge to harden then peel of the wax paper. Presto!
I dont get it though....Please help!
like any bread product, they will dry out.
if you have one of those taco holder things, put in there until hard enough.
put a bunch of paper towel cores over a broom handle resting between two chairs and drape over that (or just over broom handle (cleaned!!) if want open less. (here, kid--help mommy, use the blow dryer to get these to dry faster)
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could also make them from very thin fondant circles...but that's not "cake" per se.
I think I understand the directionsI think you would melt the candy and spread it out into your template (oval I guess) While it is still wet place your slice of cake inside and fold over the paper to create the shell. Place in the fridge to let it harden. Once it has hardened you should be able to peel off the paper and the candy will be hard enough to stand on it's own. I dont know if that helps any more..sorry..they look cute, what do you think the "cheese" is made from? Maybe fondant?
Just looked at a bigger picture, maybe the cheese is coconut.
Here are a couple of other mexican themed cakes in the gallery. Maybe those decorators have some insight...
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=search&search=nachos&cat=0&pos=1&search=nachos
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=search&search=nachos&cat=0&pos=0&search=nachos
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=search&search=tacos&cat=0&pos=2&search=tacos
I think I'll have to make these too!
I think I understand the directionsI think you would melt the candy and spread it out into your template (oval I guess) While it is still wet place your slice of cake inside and fold over the paper to create the shell. Place in the fridge to let it harden. Once it has hardened you should be able to peel off the paper and the candy will be hard enough to stand on it's own. I dont know if that helps any more..sorry..they look cute, what do you think the "cheese" is made from? Maybe fondant?
and looked at PS
cake gets stood on edge in the circle of chocolate and wax paper used to lift circle up to make contact w/ cake and stick to it. then into fridge to get solid.
when solid peel off paper.
(oooo....chocolate shells...even better)
I guess I just assumed you drew out a circle on paper, layed some parchment or waxed paper on top and filled the circle in with the candy melts. I dont think you would need to have a mould, I dont think the shells need to be that thick.
If you look at that last link I posted, that is what the person did, there are some basic instructions there from that decorator
But how do I make an oval or circle mold?
Can I find one at Michaels I wonder....Or what if I use a dinner plate or desert plate, since it has a ridge? Melt the candy melt in the dinner plate as my mold... hmmmm
don't need too.
note the instructions say draw a circle on a piece of paper.
then cover w/ wax paper (remember this from doing color flow designs?)
then pour melted chocolate into center of circle and spread out to shape of circle.
allow to harden enough it won't run, but still soft enough to bend.
put cake in center (round tier sliced in half).
lift paper so chocolate sticks to sides.... etc.
WOW! The taco cake looks really great. I wish I knew about this because last year at my family reunion, it was "mexican" themed and I think doing taco cakes would have been sooooooooooo neat!
Anyway, what size cake would you make? Would you just do cupcakes or 2 round cakes and cut them into smaller pieces? Also, is there a lack of frosting in doing this?
I dont know about sizes or anything, but I think people were using frosting, maybe brown over top of the cake and you could do white on top like sour cream
WOW! The taco cake looks really great. I wish I knew about this because last year at my family reunion, it was "mexican" themed and I think doing taco cakes would have been sooooooooooo neat!
Anyway, what size cake would you make? Would you just do cupcakes or 2 round cakes and cut them into smaller pieces? Also, is there a lack of frosting in doing this?
without having read the recipe and just eyeballing it:
i'd do one layer 6 inch rounds cut in half
and to get template for shell circle, just use a real taco shell
this would give generous single serving size cake tacos.
and (again w/ out consulting any recipe)
the cake is chocolate, that takes care of the "meat"
white icing for sour cream
then various candy melt pieces for everything else
wow doug, your a forum superstar...I didnt even know there was such a thing! Congrats!
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