How To Make The Tequila Bottle Cake And Balls
Decorating By RisqueBusiness Updated 12 Dec 2006 , 4:06pm by kakedecorator
Hi, I've gotten a few ( Just a few) pm's asking about this cake...so I may as well post it for you.
1. bake the cake, cool and use a simple syrup 4 or 6 ounces and add 2 ounce of tequila, reserving at least 1 ounce of the tequila flavored simple syrup for your cake balls.
2. find a picture of the bottle and copy and paste into a word processing program so you can make it as large as you like. I use 8x10 . Also print the bottle on an edible sheet so you have the details like labels and such.
3. cut the pattern from the printed paper, place over the cold cake and carve around your pattern.
4. Reserve your cut cake for the cake balls. ( they paid enough for the cake so I think it's nice to give them the dozen or so cake balls that youc an make with extra cake...or sell them to someone else for extra profit!!)
5. cover with a light layer of buttercream, smoothing and forming the edges or details with the butter cream.
6. cover with the fondant.
7. If you are going to use any colors or luster powders, I use some of the same liq. to brush them on. I highlighted the bottle with pearl dust after I lightly airbrushed it with some blue...so the it would look like a glass bottle.
8. then cut the lables from the edible sheet you printed and place onto your cake.
to make the cake balls:
Place some wax or parchment paper on a cookie sheet
1. place the cut cake into your mixer, ( you may not need to add the reserved ounce, the cake may be wet enough)
2. add a squirt of your butter cream
3. mix till it just comes together or holds together.
4. Using the Wilton 1 ounce cookie scoop, scoop up your balls and place them on the prepared cookie sheet.
5. place into the freezer, overnight is best
6. Melt your chocolate
7. dip your balls and let the air harden.
8. ( I had to dip mine 2x and they ended up looking like rocks!)
8a. arrange the cake balls on your cake board.
9. Place everything in your box ( you may have to reinforce your cake board if your cake is heavy )
10. Sit back and bask in the compliments!
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