Spidey! A straight forward cake - downloaded an image off the net and pricked out the design with toothpicks on the surface of a chocolate sheet cake. Then piped and outlined. There's something so therapeutic about piping when you get into the "zone". But - you know how kids have this amazing ability to tune out adult voices? When I'm in a piping zone, I tune out EVERYTHING. Bad...
Another superhero cake - Autobot Skids from Transformers... for James' 5th birthday which we celebrated at school. I'd started BSF by then and had much less lead time to plan this one. It shows, doesn't it? Didn't make as many or as careful calculations. I ended up sculpting Skids by feel from a stacked up 11" cake - that's why he's all wonky!
It was a LOT of cake though! There was more than HALF uneaten, but the teachers brought it back to the staff room and shared it around with the other teachers, phew. I always have this problem - no one really eats a lot of cake in Singapore - we just want tasting portions. So - will probably never get to do a four tier cake ever, unless someone commissions me for their wedding : )
Painted on Skids' markings with gel paste diluted with a little almond essence.
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