My work are holding a bicycle race themed charity bake off. There is a famous cycle race that will be running directly past my workplace.
I’m a bit stuck in what to make as I have limited time. I’m known at work for my side business making cakes but I don’t want to show off too much. If I had more time (and a paying customer) I’d make something like this:
So I’m thinking of doing a flat, single tier, square cake with the road winding round the top and little paper cyclists on cocktail sticks. But it seems a bit too simple.
Any ideas on something in between my idea and the picture?
Oooh! I have the perfect idea for you—pic on my phone but have NO idea how to post it :( It’ a cake I made yes ago — royal icing bikes on a flat/sheet cake w/take corners cut off to look something like this <_> Hopefully I can get my daughter to help me post it
Thanks kakeladi. Seems my inspiration photo didn’t post. It was this.
if you are going flat -- just brainstorming here -- what about a nice big round one layer cake that you can easily disguise into the shape of a wheel lying flat -- chocolate around the edges for the tire -- maybe cut off the top & bottom edge* so it easily wraps around there like a tire -- a silver rim showing -- just an inner circle of silver or grey color -- put spokes, just piped lines or fondant lines -- then in the center top of the cake where the hub of the wheel is -- make it a roundabout where the cyclists go around on both sides and back down the street kwim --
easy peasy outlined type décor -- after you pipe the chocolate tire wrapping around the edge -- when the icing is not tacky -- press a skewer into it to make tire treads -- so it's kind of a bike tire morphed into a roundabout with small cyclists going every which way you want -- I mean you could have a little railroad track going off the side of the cake onto the board -- again very simple lines and have a couple cyclists stacked up in a wreck -- they often wreck on railroad tracks -- just a "RR" sign would be enough indication -- made out of paper like you said for cyclists -- could be too much but again easy peasy piping for railroad -- and to signify the road -- it could just be a couple yellow broken lines under the spokes -- so you have two views of the cake -- from afar it looks like a bike wheel -- close up aerial view it looks like part of the race down a street -- (with a wreck at the tracks -- maybe maybe not)
*for the tire -- the chocolate doesn't have to go all the way down the side of the cake to wrap around the bottom border area -- to make it more distinguishable and in proportion -- it could just come down part way to keep the slimness of a road bike tire in the eye of the beholder -- the rest below that could be just plain white or a little grass, bushes or just simple line border --
what race is it?
very cool 
Here’s what I made in the end. I’m really happy with it as it didn’t take long and tasted delicious.
The sponge was made with brown sugar and a little cinnamon and the icing was flavoured with lots of Lotus Biscoff spread. I crumbled Lotus Biscoff cookies between each layer too.
i love it — captures the race perfectly — lots of action, climbing, and switchbacks — well done
although I must say, I missed the picture you posted till just now and neither cake is flat 
you did for sure — a lot of peeps in my family are cyclists and racers — awesome cake!! 
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