Ok I need to make a 3D lighthouse cake. HELP!!! Where do I begin? What do I use for the top? Any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Gosh... A long time ago there was a big discussion about lighthouses in the forums... Have you tried a search? It seems like I remember someone building a "platform" with a central dowel, sliding the cakes down on it, and then carving it... I thought Doug did a sketch of it...maybe it was in the forum post...
HTH,
Pat
Gosh... A long time ago there was a big discussion about lighthouses in the forums... Have you tried a search? It seems like I remember someone building a "platform" with a central dowel, sliding the cakes down on it, and then carving it... I thought Doug did a sketch of it...maybe it was in the forum post...
HTH,
Pat
This is how it was done on Ace of Cakes a season or two ago. Check out there website to view the finished product. Good luck!
Just a thought....how about making your light house with an edible image of a real light house and then cut in out after sticking it to a thin layer of gumpaste. Once it is dry, you can then put a loly stick on the back to make it stand up on your cake.
With some chocolate seashells and some graham wafer crumbs for the sand, there you have a beautiful cake!
Just a thought..... 
Ok, heres' all the ideas you will probably ever need...read the descriptions, most of them tell you just how they do it. I'm just in awe....
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&meta=search&type=full&search=lighthouse
I would bake a few sheet cakes using pound cake, make a stencil of the shape you want the lighthouse: hexagon, 6"circle... trace onto wax paper. use stencil to cut out (semi frozen) sheet cake, stack and touch up carving after stacked together. Dowel rod. If it has a pointed top you could make that part out of RKT.
Have lots of fun!
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