How To Make A Stick Tree For Halloween Cake ( 3D Style Type)
Decorating By EvieliciousCakes Updated 12 Oct 2011 , 10:02pm by Herekittykitty
Hello everyone,
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Im planning my daughters haunted house cake for next week and i want to put a stick tree (IDK how else to call it) next to the house. But i been unsuccessful on how to make it 3d type of thing. to stand on its oen instead of pasting it onto the cake...
Did i explain myself good??
Please help!!
I just finished a haunted house and put a tree beside mine as well (you can see it in my pics). I made a pretty large tree but I normally use a dowel rod and secure it to the cake board because I use wood at the base of each cake. I then use RKT to make the tree and if I want large branches I then connect another rod to the one that is already secure. I am so afraid of a cake disaster that I probably go overboard on stability. I then cover it in fondant, create texture and paint with food color.
Depending on the size of the tree you want, one way is to take a bunch of grapes, take the grapes off, let the stem/branches dry (you might want to prop them into a shape you like), and then dip in melted chocolate (or paint melted chocolate on), doing as many coats as you need to get the look you want.
I, too, saw the grape stem tree idea somewhere, though I cannot remember where. I used it for the trees around my pink castle cake in my photos. As I wasn't seeking the bare Halloween type tree, I dipped the stems in colored rice krispies to simulate leaves.
The effect went over really well, so I purchased several bunches of grapes to dry for future use. While drying I wired them to bamboo skewers so they'd look more like trees. (I removed the skewers after they were dry.) I saved little bunches to make bushes. So now I have a Tupperware container of future trees/bushes.
I am always amazed at what people can come up with to achieve different effects!
Jan
I've made one with candy bars. snickers for the trunk, twix and kit-kats for the branches. Attached to one another with chocolate. It's in the terrarium cake in my gallery. It's a bit messy since it was one of my first elaborate cakes.
Although, the grape stems are awesome, those are going to be my go-to trees from now on. I love CC.
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