I have an order for a carved cake to look like a car ( a Ford Sierra Cosworth). It is the recipient's pride and joy and I was excited about the prospect, as I've been wanting to do a car cake for a while, until I got photos of the car!
The problem is that the car is dark grey, with tinted windows, so, pretty much all one colour. I usually cover the cake drum with fondant, in a colour to complement (or match) my cakes and with this one I was planning to make the board look like a road, but I can't do that now or the whole thing will be grey/black - car, windows, board...everything! So, should I leave the board as is(I use cake drums that come pre-covered with that fanci-foil stuff), or can anyone suggest an alternative (I already have some checked, racing flag style ribbon to edge the board with).
Any suggestions would be great!
TIA
Kelly
I second the green grass idea... You could cover the board in green fondant, then use the grass tip and pipe green grass around the base of the car. That would be really cute.
I agree with the grassy board. Maybe something like at an old time Sunday picnic scene or something.
Thanks for the help, guys, but I forgot to add that the guy the cake is for is a 40 year old trucker and the Cosworth is a 1990 4x4 model with a big engine (known for speed!), so I don't think anything cute will be appropriate!
The dirt road idea is good, but I'm starting to think that I may just leave the board as is, it will be a 18x14" board, so that would take a LOT of fondant to cover!
Kelly
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