I am carving my first cake next week and I am scared to death!!!!! This is my first really big order. It is a grooms cake that the bride is surprising her new husband with. It is suppose to be carved to look like a Stihl chainsaw... She wants me to take two 18"x15" cakes and butt them end to end and carve and decorate to look like a chainsaw.. I think I have it figured out in my head but I am asking all you experts any advice!! Any to-do' or not-to-do's? Any advice would be great appreciated!!!!!!!!
Thanks
~Heather
Find you a big sheet of paper, that is as big as the two cakes put together (so 36"X 15"). Draw out what you want the cake to be shaped like. Cut it out. When you place the cakes on the cake board, place the paper drawing on top and use it to guide your knife. You know have a saw.
I've done a couple of cut cakes (not really carved I guess, but cut into a shape). Mine have never been frozen, but always baked the day before. They seem to be much less crumbly on day 2 for some reason. I do the same this as the pp said - draw it out first and then cut using that drawing. Make your crumb coat especially thin - that's my only other piece of advice. Good luck!
First question..are you going to be able to manuever this cake around? Get it in the car? that is a big cake!
I would carve the cake frozen if possible, less crumbly. I would try and draw it out on paper or lightweight cardboard and use it as a template.
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