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Oct. 31st, 2006 11:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chaobellAnd now: the cake.
I haven't decorated a cake since I was seven years old and taking a two-week class. And I had actual tips, instead of just disposable bags with the tips snipped off. It's kind of... obvious.
The cake did travel quite well, considering it was wrapped in two layers of Saran wrap and was being carried in a plastic shopping bag dangling off my handlebars. I used royal icing for the colorful bits. It's not as tasty as normal icing, but the shit dries like concrete and is also v. bright and pretty. Also, the cake itself was really more like a big brownie, nice and crusty on the outside, so that helped the durability issue a bit. It was actually meant to have this fudge shit drizzled on it before baking, but that would not have worked well in this pan. So I spread the fudge shit on the plate, put the cake on top of it, and hid the rather unattractive brown goop with candy skulls.
The whole thing went over quite well. It were tasty.
I haven't decorated a cake since I was seven years old and taking a two-week class. And I had actual tips, instead of just disposable bags with the tips snipped off. It's kind of... obvious.
The cake did travel quite well, considering it was wrapped in two layers of Saran wrap and was being carried in a plastic shopping bag dangling off my handlebars. I used royal icing for the colorful bits. It's not as tasty as normal icing, but the shit dries like concrete and is also v. bright and pretty. Also, the cake itself was really more like a big brownie, nice and crusty on the outside, so that helped the durability issue a bit. It was actually meant to have this fudge shit drizzled on it before baking, but that would not have worked well in this pan. So I spread the fudge shit on the plate, put the cake on top of it, and hid the rather unattractive brown goop with candy skulls.
The whole thing went over quite well. It were tasty.
