Once I got home I started thinking about how it was going to come together and I decided that fondant was the best way to go for the deep colors I wanted. But having never used fondant before (and never liking the taste) I was a little hesitant. Then I remembered a previous convo I'd had with my friend at work about marshmallow fondant, which was easy and yummy to make. So that's what I went with.... Here's how the rest of it all came together! :)
Design: My rendition of a Kershaw pocket knife
Cake: Best Ever Chocolate Cake by Better Homes and Gardens
Chocolate Frosting: My Chocolate Frosting
Fondant: Marshmallow Fondant
I grabbed Rocket Scientist's new knife and sketched it larger on paper and cut it out. Then I baked a homemade chocolate cake, let it cool completely and traced the cut out. Then I carefully cut the shape out of the cake and removed the other pieces. I transferred the knife cake to a sterile piece of cake-board to start decorating.
Then since you need to frost cakes with a least a thing layer of frosting before place fondant on top, I just whipped up some yummy chocolate frosting of my own. (See recipe here.) I should have followed my mother's advice of always doing a crumb coat...but I didn't. :( So my layer of frosting was a little...well....crumby...It's all good though because it got covered by fondant anyway though.
I whipped up a batch of fondant and then split it in two for coloring. I did gray for the blade and red for the handle. (Then I also took some later to make black for more details...) BTW I think this tastes WAY better than regular fondant.
I rolled out a section of the gray fondant (about 1/8" thick) and draped it on top of the blade portion of the cake. Then I trimmed to fit. I repeated with the red handle portion, and added details. And instead of the brand name of the knife I put the Birthday man's name. :)
Then I finished it all off by making rolls of each color and placing then around the bottom of the cake to make it look "finished". I really like the way it turned out. (especially for my first attempt at a shaped cake and using fondant!)
I place the cake-board in the cake box that I also got from Michael's and it was ready to go to the Birthday celebration. Where it was a big hit! :)
That's a really cute cake design! Perfect for celebrating outdoorsman events. I'm not really sure about recommending this to a children's party though.
ReplyDeleteWell thank you for the compliment. And I didn't think it would be appropriate for a children's event either, so that's why I didn't say that. Thanks.
DeleteThis is a cute design though I don't think I would let my kids eat such cake. They might like it much and it the real knives! kershaw knives
ReplyDeleteI love knives so much, I use them for hunting. I wish I could have this for my birthday but I guess I'm too old for such case. Nice job baking it. gerber hunting knives
ReplyDeleteI thought the smaller one is a cake too. You did a great job on copying the design. I hope this is not too sharp for my mouth. cold steel tomahawk
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! I have a friend who asked me last night to make a knife cake for her hubby's 40th that is coming up in February, so I came across this while looking for inspiration on the web. You did a really great job! I too just started working with fondant a few months ago and prefer the marshmallow fondant over the other yucky stuff. Wish me luck! ;)
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ReplyDeleteYou don't need the blade cutting edge snapping fifty-fifty or popping directly off the handles as a result of some minor sidelong weight if the edge stalls out in some wood or other issue. pipe da tabacco
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