It's Fair time again! Love this time of year. The weather is nice and the fair kicks off tomorrow. This occasion gives me the opportunity to be creative and build a cake that normally, I may not be asked to do. Many times while clicking through galleries on various cake forums, I run across items that I think would be totally cool to try. This year I decided that my fair entry would be the "Watering Can Gardening Cake". Many people have done them (go ahead and google it...I will wait) but I really wanted to see what I could do with one. Out comes the pans, fondant, tools (hammer included) and lots and lots of sugar!
Somewhere in my former life, I must have been a woodworker. I just love incorporating it into cakes. I guess I have always been fascinated with the knots and the grain of the wood. Weird right?
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| Fondant over cake board prior to painting...pweeety! | | |
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| After painting...more pweeeety! (and I secretly want to tap dance on it!) |
After prepping the board, I baked and then stacked two 4" tall, 8" round, strawberry cakes. Yes! It is cake! You would be surprised how many people ask, "Is that really cake under there?" I really want to say, "Nope, standing rib roast!" but I refrain.
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| Mmmm...Cake! |
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| Base cover...no details |
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| Detail pieces added...prior to painting. |
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And then...Viola! I wave my magic sugar wand and the final product appears!
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| Clay County Agricultural Fair 2012 entry! |
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Well actually about 8 more hours of sculpting gloves and a seed packet, painting, and dusting with edible glitter (read cake bling). Shaaaazam! More sugar adventures coming soon :)
