My am planning on making "steak" cakes for my dad and step dad for fathers day this weekend. I have looked at all the steak cakes on here and trying to figure out just how to go about decorating it.
I am going to be using buttercream or rolled butterceram since i have not mastered fondant. Just not sure exactly how to go about this. I am sure i could figure it if i just jumped in but i feel better getting advice from the all of the wonderfully helpful ppl on here... Yea i am trying to butter you up lol
Thanks in advance
I looked at some of the pics in the gallery. I think you should do the white first, let it crust and smooth, then put it in the fridge so it will harden a little so it's easier to work with. Then add the red/pink where you want it (you could mark with a toothpick beforehand). You could just use an icing spatula and spread, or you could pipe it on and then "smoosh" it, but I think that would make it awfully thick. You could also do like a colorflow thing where you outline the design and fill it in with colorflow? Never done it, but it would be interesting. Smoothing it on would be easiest, though, I think. HTH! Good luck and post pics! These are so cool!
I would do it the other way around, since fat and bone usually stand a little taller then the muscle part of a steak. If you're thinking T-bone, which is the most easily identifiable steak, I would use a bit of fondant for the bone and a bit of white icing for the fat around the edges, and just ice the whole cake blood red.
LOL, I had to go check out the steak cakes too! I have never seen one, they are awesome! I did some reading while I checked them out. Here is a few tips I read while looking at the pics. If they used BC as the main icing, they also used fondant for the "fat" that lines the outside of the steak, and the "bone" if you are going to have one. So, I would think your rolled BC would work fine for that=) But...I think you should try your hand at MMF, it is actually pretty easy to make and tastes great with flavorings in it. Incase you want to try MMF, here is a great recipe with 5 star rating...
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-3183-1-Rhondas-Ultimate-MMF.html
Also, the other tip I read. For the "red" meat color, people used gel colors to paint it on. I did read one mixed the gel color with vanilla extract to get the paint they used. But any high% alcohol content would work(vokda, everclear). Just wanted to pass on what I read incase that will help you some=) Jen
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