Hey all! New to the site, and new to cake decorating. I'm a huge cupcake fan and usually just do those but would like to do something special for my guy's bday coming up. I saw a picture on here of a cake I KNOW he'll love and would love any tips on how to make it a reality since all of the bakeries around here are booked for his bday. Any and all tips would be greatly appreciated! It is my first, but hopefully not my last!
I would start with a 8" round cake & 4" round. Carve the top of the the 8" cake at an angle and also carve the 4" to make it resemble the top of the hill. Cover in chocolate icing. For the trees, I'm thinking using plastic dowels and a star tip and pull directly out towards you to get the pine tree look. You can color some fondant in different shades of gray to make the rocks and then crumble up the left over chocolate cake to represent "dirt." Hope the cake works out.
For the pine trees I would take an ice cream cone and then use the star tip on that. That way you already have the basic shape of the tree. Hope that helps.
There is a tutorial in here somewhere that I saw yesterday on how to do this kind of cake with the path going down the side. I found it
http://cakecentral.com/articles/662/how-to-carve-a-spiral-cake
There is a tutorial in here somewhere that I saw yesterday on how to do this kind of cake with the path going down the side. I found it
http://cakecentral.com/articles/662/how-to-carve-a-spiral-cake
Hey barb, that's fantastic!! Thanks for posting that
Your very welcome. Good luck, it looks like a difficult task. I would love to see pics of your finished cake.
You could contact Obsessed, too, as she did the cake you have pictured there. I made a cake like that for my younger son and she was very helpful in providing info to get the cake done. I haven't figured out how to get the pictures posted so I don't have pics to look at, but I also did this cake for a nephew, but used a dirtbike instead of the quad. Both turned out nice if I do say so myself. They were my first attempts at doing a little carving on a cake. I know both boys were very happy with the cakes.
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