I'm sure this has been posted before somewhere, but I skimmed briefly and couldn't find anything.
I have to make a cake in the shape of a snake, so I'm thinking of cooking round cakes, cutting out a circle in the middle, and cutting the remaining piece in half. That will leave me with two "C" shaped pieces per cake, which I can piece together to look like a snake. (It's probably kind of hard to picture).
Anyways, I'm wondering if anyone has any tips on how to ice the cake without getting crumbs in my icing. Where the cake is going to be cut prior to icing, there's going to be lots of crumbs.
Thanks!
I'm in agreement with the slightly-frozen-and-crumb-coat suggestions.
If you have time.....
You might search on ebay for the horseshoe pan. You could cut it in half (at the bottom of the "U") and arrange the pieces to resemble a snake. The only 'cut' exposure would be the small area where you cut the "U" in half.
What about cup cakes, heres a pic, its not mines I googled it. Its fuzzy due to the image resize but, just to give you an idea.
Thats also a neat idea if you dont want to hassle with the crub coat.
You can maybe add more cupcakes to the body to make it thicker. JMO
Good Luck
I agree freeze or slightly freeze then crumb coat. I have done this before on carved cakes.
Thanks guys.. these are all awesome suggestions.
I made a cupcake-cake before.. I didn't think of doing it for a snake! That's a good idea..
I already have my cakes baked... but I'm sure they wont go astray! haha
Thanks guys!
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