THE INSPIRATION:
THE REALITY:
I never in my life thought that I could possibly make a cake like you see on TV, like on one of those "Ace of Cake" shows but it just goes to show you if you make up your mind to do something, anything is possible. So thus, you have this 8 layer birthday cake for hubby's 35th birthday aka "The Reality." I owe a big, big word of thanks to my girlfriend, Kristy, who helped me tackle this beheamoth. She is an avid baker and better yet, she has a good friend who used to work in a bakery that she consulted for advice. With both her and her friend's advice in place, I was able to buy all the ingredients (and pans) needed to make this birthday cake. My second set of instructions after purchasing all the materials was to bake all 8 cakes. So I baked them and stuck them in the freezer. Apparently cake is a lot easier to handle and frost when its frozen. Kristy came over and we spent 6 hours decorating the cake. There were some sticky moments as we had no idea what we were doing but alas, I think it turned out pretty good for two amatuers!! All I can say, is thank goodness I bought some figurines from the Disney store as I am not sure we could have made all the figures out of fondant!! I have to say when all was said and done it was sure fun to make!!!! A great creative outlet!
Here is a run down:
6 boxes of cake mix
2x 12 inch cakes (chocolate) made up the bottom
3x 9 inch cakes (yellw butter) made up the middle
3x 6 inch cakes (funfetti) made up the top
used 6 pounds of powedered sugar
Bought 2.5 pounds of pre-made fondant (which made the table cloth, balls, flowers, tea cups, teapot and other sculpted items)
Made 2 batches of liquid fondant (covered the bottom and middle layers)
Used the cream cheese Sprinkles frosting recipe to make the frosting in between the layers
4x 12 inch wooden dowls to keep the cake in place
A ton of creativity
= 5 minutes for the birthday boy to cut into and serve up to 40 people!!
THE REALITY:
I never in my life thought that I could possibly make a cake like you see on TV, like on one of those "Ace of Cake" shows but it just goes to show you if you make up your mind to do something, anything is possible. So thus, you have this 8 layer birthday cake for hubby's 35th birthday aka "The Reality." I owe a big, big word of thanks to my girlfriend, Kristy, who helped me tackle this beheamoth. She is an avid baker and better yet, she has a good friend who used to work in a bakery that she consulted for advice. With both her and her friend's advice in place, I was able to buy all the ingredients (and pans) needed to make this birthday cake. My second set of instructions after purchasing all the materials was to bake all 8 cakes. So I baked them and stuck them in the freezer. Apparently cake is a lot easier to handle and frost when its frozen. Kristy came over and we spent 6 hours decorating the cake. There were some sticky moments as we had no idea what we were doing but alas, I think it turned out pretty good for two amatuers!! All I can say, is thank goodness I bought some figurines from the Disney store as I am not sure we could have made all the figures out of fondant!! I have to say when all was said and done it was sure fun to make!!!! A great creative outlet!
Here is a run down:
6 boxes of cake mix
2x 12 inch cakes (chocolate) made up the bottom
3x 9 inch cakes (yellw butter) made up the middle
3x 6 inch cakes (funfetti) made up the top
used 6 pounds of powedered sugar
Bought 2.5 pounds of pre-made fondant (which made the table cloth, balls, flowers, tea cups, teapot and other sculpted items)
Made 2 batches of liquid fondant (covered the bottom and middle layers)
Used the cream cheese Sprinkles frosting recipe to make the frosting in between the layers
4x 12 inch wooden dowls to keep the cake in place
A ton of creativity
= 5 minutes for the birthday boy to cut into and serve up to 40 people!!
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