I am making a cake for a UNC grad in a few weeks.
She asked if I could somehow incorporate the Old Well into the cake.
I have seen toppers that are the Old Well, but not the cake itself.
Do you think I could make one out of fondant?
Any other ideas?
Any ideas would be appreciated. She is graduating from nursing school.
Thanks!
I need to make it look like this
http://www.oaimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/old_well.jpg
Any ideas appreciated.
so....
using the soccer ball pan for the top dome -- that would be about 9" around (and use one full recipe)
then make the two step stone base as two large single 2" layers a 9" for the top step (what the columns sit on) to match the soccer ball pan cake and a 14" or even 16" for the bottom step.
the the wilton plastic grecian columns to hold it the soccer ball cake up above.
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(not drawn in) for more realism add a 2" layer 8" diameter under the soccerball cake so you can detail it out with all that molding work on the underside of the dome
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of course if you need more -- can either:
1) drop a sheet cake under and make it look like grass and stone surround --
or
2) scale up sizes on everything - but then this would mean carving the dome or finding a bigger bowl to bake it in.
I had one in my favorites, but I think it is gone now. 
It was probably much like Doug said. I think they used Wilton pillars. It was cute!
Edited to say:
I found I'd saved it on my computer. We'll see if I can upload!
That old well came out beautiful!!! Just like the real one!!
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