Last week, in the midst of packing for our DC move, I was able to escape the boxes by baking and decorating three cakes. One of them in particular was so much fun to create.
I was asked to make a surprise groom's cake by a high school friend, who got married on Saturday. I love surprises, but it is tough to keep them a secret!
Her request was a to create a vanilla hunting cake. The inside is filled with chocolate buttercream, and the outside is frosted with both chocolate and vanilla.
The bullets, antlers, and leaves were made out of fondant. Cool looking, but definitely not delicious-tasting.
The tree trunk was fun and easy to create. A swirl on the top for the inner tree, followed by a messy frosting with a knife for the bark.
I looked on a lot of websites to see how to do camouflage frosting. The technique I chose was to pipe the border of each color, fill it in, temporarily freeze it to crust the frosting, then to smooth it flat with wax paper and a fondant smoother.
The grass, although simple, is probably my favorite part of the cake!
To make the antlers I colored some fondant a light brown then shaped them and let them set. I used a knife to create markings and lines, and then used a paintbrush to dry-brush brown food coloring onto the outside.
Congratulations to Elyse and Ryan!!
Okayyyyyyy, this is incredible. Like, really. REALLY!! (It reminds me of Peeta and his camouflage frosting scene in The Hunger Games.) You should get into cake baking in DC. I'm serious.
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome! I just had a phone call from someone who wants a hunting themed grooms cake ~ this has given me some great ideas! Thanks for sharing! What did you cover the cake board with to make it brown? My favorite tip is the grass tip ~ any time you add green grass to a cake it brightens it up ~ works great for monster's fur, too (like Elmo!)
ReplyDeleteHi Samantha! I'm glad this cake can be of some help to you! To make the brown board I dyed some fondant with different shades of brown and rolled it over the board. The slice of a tree (if you could get one that was food safe) would look awesome as a cake board, but I didn't have one at the time.
DeleteWhat size are the cakes and for the tree rings did u just pipe icing around?
ReplyDeleteThe bottom layer was 10" and the top was 6". Yes, I used a round tip to pipe the rings.
Deleteawesome, thank you!
DeleteFabulous cake! My client asked me to re-create your design, and here is the link to my attempt (I CREDITED YOU!): https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=460790533977671&set=a.230589600331100.58139.168729489850445&type=1&theater
ReplyDeleteThank You!!
How cool! Thanks for sharing. The cake looks great!
DeleteI'm a complete novice at this, but when I saw this cake, I really wanted to give it a try for a combined bridal/groom shower. Can you tell me what I need to make the grass and how much fondant I should buy? Thanks - This is a great cake.
ReplyDeleteHi Anonymous! I used buttercream frosting for the grass. Tip number 233 works great for it. As for fondant, I didn't use a lot. I only used it to create the antlers and to cover the cakeboard. I would say that a regular Wilton-sized package of fondant is enough. Their smaller boxes would certainly be enough for the antlers, but you would need more to cover the board.
DeleteThanks for the info - I'm going to give it a try.
DeleteI want to make a cream cheese icing to go on this cake and was wondering what kind of coloring to use to still make the cake taste good for camo colors just like yours?
ReplyDeleteIf you go to craft stores that sell cake supplies you can often find "no-taste" colors. I have used them before and always use them for red and black since they require so much coloring. check online too. I know that Wilton makes some.
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