Which Design For Ancient Roman Themed Cake

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louglou Posted 2 Feb 2019 , 11:50am
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I’m making a Roman themed cake for an 8 year old boy. Which design do you think looks best. 

First one has a red cape draped round the top/back attached with gold buttons, brown red leather flaps with gold buttons covering the front, silver grey armour plates on the top with name and age in gold letters. 

Which Design For Ancient Roman Themed Cake


Second one has the same brown red leather flaps with gold buttons covering the sides all the way round, plain red top, red shield with gold crest and gold name and age. 

Which Design For Ancient Roman Themed Cake

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Laetia Posted 2 Feb 2019 , 3:00pm
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The first one. I love the armor idea and the colors of this design is more appealing to me.

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cutiger Posted 2 Feb 2019 , 3:48pm
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For an 8 year old?  The first one hands down.  Love your ideas!

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SandraSmiley Posted 3 Feb 2019 , 8:25pm
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Ditto! I love the first one, too. I love the red cape.

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louglou Posted 3 Feb 2019 , 8:40pm
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Thanks everyone. Would you cover the whole cake in fondant and then add the cape, armour and flaps? Or just apply these bits directly onto buttercream?  I think the flaps should fan out a bit from the cake but then they will definitely need a layer of fondant underneath which I’d rather not have (just to save money and time). 

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SandraSmiley Posted 4 Feb 2019 , 12:12am
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I see no reason why you need to cover the cake with fondant to have the cape flare.  Lift it away from the back of the cake and shape the "flared" sections and let them dry for a while with pieces of aluminum foil balled up under them.

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louglou Posted 7 Feb 2019 , 10:40am
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Thanks for all the replies. Here’s the final cake. It was really fun to make. 

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Laetia Posted 7 Feb 2019 , 12:42pm
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Oh wow!

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cutiger Posted 7 Feb 2019 , 3:35pm
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I love it!  It turned out super...great job!

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SandraSmiley Posted 7 Feb 2019 , 4:01pm
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It is fabulous!  Great job, louglou!

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thecanadian160 Posted 7 Feb 2019 , 5:14pm
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Nice!!!!!!!!!! Love that cake. 

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kakeladi Posted 7 Feb 2019 , 6:21pm
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I guess I'm terrible at understanding sketches :)  The finished cake is soooooooo much nicer than I expected from seeing the sketch. wonderful work!

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louglou Posted 7 Feb 2019 , 6:40pm
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-K8memphis Posted 7 Feb 2019 , 6:49pm
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wow -- great job -- so ancient roman style -- I bet the birthday boy was thrilled!

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