Yep, I've been asked to make my brother in law a cake that looks like a rack of ribs...now, I'm struggling getting my head around it. The biggest questions being, how can I get a glaze to look like bbq sauce?

Hi and Welcome to CC shweedart.

It would be easier to answer your question, once you've decided on a cake you'd like to emulate (since some have been airbrushed).

Rack of ribs cakes:

http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1636495

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Everything you need to know to make, decorate and assemble tiered/stacked/layer cakes:

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-605188-.html

Above super thread has popular CC recipes for American buttercreams, several types of fondant and doctored cake mix (WASC and other flavor variatons) - and so much more!

HTH

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Those are the type I'd like to aim for, I have the chocolate fondant but It's the glaze I want to get absolutely perfect

Pureed jam, minus any seeds

Apricot jam mixed with a bit of strawberry or raspberry jam should give you the colour that you need, warm up slightly and brush it on, tastes good as well

Ursula, you are a genius! That never even crossed my mind

I was going to opt for a fudge sauce but the problem was that it wouldn't have that translucent, sticky look.

Thankyou so much

Glad to have helped, I love using jams, especially home made ones, that way I know exactly what's in them

Yeah I love jams too...I made my first jam out of apricots not that long ago and it was purely because I was too impacient waiting for them to ripen fully.