Hey fellow CC'ers. I need help/ideas on how to make an empty bowl like the one in this picture. It's going on a sushi cake I have due soon. I thought about the obvious of placing a 50/50 mix around an empty bowl but I'm worried about not getting it off the bowl once it starts to harden. Plus there is the edge at the bottom. Any ideas? Thanks for any help!
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I would find a similar bowel, wrap it in a single large piece of plastic wrap as if it was fondant so there are no creases and apply gumpaste on top. you should be able to pop it right off. If you want the bottom bit the make a gumpaste ring and rest the bowel in it.
i have made bowls out of chocolate before, using balloons. blow the balloon up (whatever size you need for the bowl), dip into chocolate, let harden, little hole in balloon to deflate slowly, leaves chocolate bowl behind. can also make a little base with chocolate and glue it all together with chocolate. this would also work with candy melts.
i have made bowls out of chocolate before, using balloons. blow the balloon up (whatever size you need for the bowl), dip into chocolate, let harden, little hole in balloon to deflate slowly, leaves chocolate bowl behind. can also make a little base with chocolate and glue it all together with chocolate. this would also work with candy melts.
this is genius!
Why not make it in 2 pieces. Use straight-up gp on the outside of the ball-pan (small or large depending on the size you want). Let that sit for a few days, pop it off and use a new nail-file to fix any edges on the rim. The bottom can be made using a large-sausage of gp (using the other 1/2 of the ball pan). Roll it out and place the ball-pan on top to form it to the right shape.
Do you have an air-brush to get the red/black?
TammyH
I made a very simple little bowl on my sushi cake. It was just made of MMF pressed over the outside of a custard cup. I dusted the custard cup with cornstarch before I started and had no problems removing the bowl. I let it dry overnight and it was firm enough to keep its shape on the cake. It was thin enough to see through. I agree that the bottom part of the bowl could be made in a separate piece.
is the cake a gift for someome? If so, why not use a real bowl then gift it to the person you made the cake for.
Well...after two failed attempts at the bowl I ended up using a bowl shaped cake for it. It was so hot and humid the bowl just wouldn't set right. They loved the finish product just as much. There's a small base under the bowl for support, it's hard to see in the picture. I should have gotten a better angle for the picture. Thanks for all the advice!
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