So. Since I went to the effort to make such a girly girl cake for my girly girl I thought I needed something just as labor intensive that would fit my little boy's personality.
I settled on the concept of a light saber cake. Seemed fitting since not a day goes by that we don't fight light sabers.
I didn't really have much of a plan when I started other than I was going to make a sheet cake, lay out some Little Debbies and make some fluffy frosting that would cover up the seams and just see what happened.
For the frosting I made whip cream and added a packet of vanilla instant pudding. This made the frosting nice and fluffy so I could jam it all around the cake and Swiss Rolls so it would look like one unit. To get the nice shade of 'light-saber-gray' I added some Hershey's syrup as well as some black food coloring.
My plan had a slight flaw: when I laid the Swiss Rolls out they were way too low compared to the cake. My light saber cake needed to be proportionate to the real one or no one would know what I was trying to make. Luckily I had a little cake left over so I cut it up and used it for a platform for the Little Debbies.
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Then I added some green food coloring to the left over whip cream frosting and frosted the base cake under the Swiss Rolls as well as all over the top of them.
For the buttons I used gumdrops. For the black lines I added a ton of black food coloring to the leftover gray frosting, got out my cake decorating tips, found one that just makes a line and attempted to replicate the lines on his toy, without going overboard like I tend to do.
For the buttons I used gumdrops. For the black lines I added a ton of black food coloring to the leftover gray frosting, got out my cake decorating tips, found one that just makes a line and attempted to replicate the lines on his toy, without going overboard like I tend to do.
I'm undecided on whether or not I'm proud of my work, I got mixed reactions at the party. A couple people didn't know what it was...and they were people who I know have seen Star Wars. Then other people said it was awesome. My husband said the doll cake was better (a back-handed compliment I guess?).
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So obviously my design could use some work, however Charlie loved it and it turns out his opinion is the only one that really mattered so I guess it was a success!
5 comments:
it's official. no longer a CPA you are now a professional cake decorator! you know how many people would hire you? i would fly you over to make my kids' cakes :)
it's fippin' rad! and i can't say that i've seen star wars all the way through... don't tell Charlie... or Matt for that matter. ;)
I think it kicks ass! Nice work mom! I think the cake you made Lori for her "bach" part helped get you where you are today - cake skill wise. :-)
i totally knew what it was even though i had heard the concept before seeing pictures.
if they offer them, you should go to one of the professional cake decorating workshops in Spocompton sometime. i think there is a potential side-business in this for you!
You simply cannot go wrong with Swiss rolls and gallons of frosting. Totally awesome cake!
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