Comic Book/skyscraper/building-Themed Cake Idea Search
Decorating By rits Updated 3 Aug 2007 , 6:08am by rits
Hi everyone. I'm desperate for help with this...I have some clients who are having a comic book-themed wedding. It's pretty fun - even their invitations are like a comic strip...super creative.
Anyhow, I do not typically make "shaped" cakes - my style is pretty classic/elegant....and this couple wants me to make them a skyscraper or building cake they can place their cartoon action figures on (spiderman & Phoenix, from the X-men).
I'm planning to make a square or rectangle tiered cake & cover the sides in flat panels of something (fondant, chocolate clay...???) to make it look like a building or skyscraper. I just can't seem to come up with a great design....I want it to look kinda comic-booky, if that makes sense. But, still classy - this is a super high-end event...
And, any ideas for a way Spidey could be swinging off the side of the building?
I've searched google, the galleries & threads & couldn't find much.
Thanks for any ideas/pictures/photos you can send my way!!
Best,
Jen N
Hi There!
I'm not an expert (yet!) but I have found a great website you can check out... He has a couple different skyscraper cakes on there. His medium of choice is modeling chocolate (as opposed to fondant). He's been in a few of the cake competitions on Food Network and does awesome work! Also, he has an instructional DVD coming out soon. I hope this helps!
www.mikesamazingcakes.com
Meg
If you click onto the Mike's amazing cakes link- under groom's cakes there is a perfect example. Looks like big city buildings- clean- but sort of a cartoon type look. I like the two different heights- that would be perfect- pheonix could be standing on one layer and you could have a string (spidey's web) stretching from her hand to spiderman's-one pulling the other to the top of the building.
If you check the gallery under Spider Man there are some amazing cakes with great building scenes on them.
Good luck!
Angie
do you want it to be one big building? You could make a large cake and add buildings as "panels" for a skyline kind of look - Here is a link to a small birthday cake - just think bigger - -
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=42194
This is a good one too:
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=615303
Holy cow I just looked at all those amazing cakes!! I wish he told you who they were for....
Like the scooby and marvel ones! I was thinking ooooooo hes in trouble and then I was like yeah right! He was probably asked by marvel and universal or whomever to make those! 
Absolutely Incredible!
I think this one would give you some ideas. I think it is awesome and so does my three year old. I have had it saved to my favorites. It is a cake by awsus I think..
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_472643.html
I think this one would give you some ideas. I think it is awesome and so does my three year old. I have had it saved to my favorites. It is a cake by awsus I think..
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_472643.html
If you are going for the one building look - here is an amazing cake made with Pastillage:
http://www.chocolatework.com/pastillage/pastillage_showpiece_hotel.htm
PS on Mike's amazing cakes the skyscraper cake is in the "Special Event Cakes" gallery on the 7-8 row down....
Here is a skyline themed tiered cake by Colette Peters. Hopefully this will give you some ideas.
Good Luck!
http://www.colettescakes.com/wedding_cc.html#
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