Just wondering if anyone has made a cake that looks like a giant hershey's kiss. I found one in the gallery and have pm'ed the person. However it was made with a sports ball pan and I don't own one. What sizes would I use if I were to carve it? What would be the best icing for it? I think a hard chocolate icing would be best so I could wrap it in alfoil but how would I do a hard icing? Anyway, my idea was to take the saying from a different cake and put it on the white tag "kiss your 30's goodbye". Any help would be appreciated. TIA,
Tamra
Ok here are a few ideas. First do you have the pampered chef either the small batter bowl or the classic batter bowl. That would give you a similar shape. Second I don't know if it would work but what about the hard topping for ice cream. Maybe freeze your cake and top with the topping to make the hard crunchy top. To make the top you could add a cupcake to the top of th batter bowl cake to look more like the KISS. Just some suggestions. Good Luck
The hard topping for ice cream won't work, because it will melt again when it comes to room temperature.
You want to use real chocolate, thinned down with 1 ounce (2 tablespoons) of cocoa butter. When that comes back to room temp, it will harden just as chocolate does, but the coating will not be as thick.
I would use a Wilton Wonder Pan and a Pyrex bowl or one of those wide steel mixing bowls, as the bottom is very broad, anyway.
Theresa 
thanks for the ideas ladies. I don't have a pampered chef batter bowl but might have a pyrex bowl. Do they have to say oven proof or are they all just oven proof? or does it have to be a steel mixing bowl or just any metal bowl? I thought about doing it as an ice cream cake and then I could use the magic shell topping. Then I could use one of those bowls and a large funnel for the cone shape on top.
Thanks for the responses. I'll post it when I'm done.
Tamra
Any glass bowl labeled Pyrex or Anchor Hocking should be oven-proof. Other brands, or generics, I cannot guarantee.
I suggested a steel bowl because steel distributes heat better than aluminum, which are what most metal bowls are made of, but you can use aluminum, too, just watch the cake more carefully, as aluminum is a better conductor, and will burn food more easily than steel.
I gave this some more thought, and can also suggest that if you make the entire serving section out of cake, you can use a styrofoam cone and some chocolate clay to make the tip of the kiss. Since you will be covering it with foil, you can also use Rice Krispie treats to make the tip.
Theresa
Hi TRisser, I just joined this site yesterday and saw your post on the home page. I made a Hershey's Kiss cake over the weekend for my Mom's birthday. I used an 8 inch x 2 inch for the base and leveled it to about 1.5 inches. Then I placed a wonder mold cake on top of that and a cupcake at the very top. I froze the pieces, stacked them and then carved the shape a bit. The only support I added was a dowel rod all the way through. I made the flag out of fondant and painted it with icing colors. Here are some pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/63223389@N00/358583204/in/set-72057594139746619/
Hopefully my explanation is clear, but let me know if you have any questions. I can't wait to see yours! Take care,
Jodie
I thought I had posted a reply to this earlier this morning but don't see it here. hmmm.....
anyway, thanks idigojods, that is exactly what I was thinking. Your cake looks awesome. quick question--what did you ice it with? I hope mine turns out as great as yours. Thanks for the instructions and pic.
Tamra
Tamra, I did see your earlier post and replied to it yesterday and it is gone as well. How odd. Let's try that again:
I iced the cake with chocolate buttercream. I made my own but had trouble getting the color chocolate brown enough. Anyone else have that problem? So I ended up using mine for the filling and the Wilton ready to use stuff for the icing. I smoothed it using the "Viva" method. But, I think I let it sit in the fridge too long before the smoothing so it did not come out as neat as I would have liked.
meggylou - thank you for the compliments!
The Hershey's perfectly chocolate chocolate frosting gets a really dark chocolatey brown color that would be about the color of a hershey kiss, and it is a crusting icing. It is an all butter buttercream, though, so it is more difficult to decorate with, though, and does need to be refrigerated. You can just use your regular buttercream and keep melting and adding 1 oz of the unsweetened chocolate at a time until you get it to the color you are looking for.
okay, I did it. I almost didn't make the kiss cake because my friend's DH decided to have a party for her and I didn't know how to make it big enough for 50 people. but I ended up doing it for her family dinner on her actual birthday. It is small but fed 15 of us. It is mud cake 4, 3, & 2.5 inch layers with two cupcakes on top. I used peanut butter frosting for filling and over coat then ganache over the top. I thought it turned out cute and she thought it was great. She took pictures and took them to work the next day ( I used to work there too). i've had several comments on how great it was. Goes to show how few specialty cakes people see around here. 
Anyhoo, I'm off to do the cakes for her birthday party now. Thanks for all the help.
Tamra
I'll put the photo in my photo gallery because I can't figure out how to put it here. My IT techie husband has an IT disabled wife. 
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