The Making Of A Mask For A Cake

Last week I had a client who wanted a mask as a cake, budget wise making the whole cake into mask wasn't doable but with a little thinking and creativity we made a sheet cake that was adorned with a mask fit for a woman turning 40 hence the inscription "Forty and Fabulous!" So we started with a frosted sheet cake and then started making the crown. Things need for the crown included:

Candy melts

disposable piping bag

Traceable image for the mask.

Yellow and black buttercream

yellow food coloring

gold spay edible paint

a number 2 and 31 piping tips

wax paper

cake board

Instructions:

Melt the candy melts in a bowl on medium heat in a microwave checking in 3 minute intervals for a smooth consistency. Once melted stir in yellow food coloring a little at a time to get a nice bright yellow, spoon the mixture into a piping bag and cut the tip of the bag (not too wide). Place your traceable image on a movable surface i.e. cake board and place a piece of wax paper on top of it. Then with your filled piping bag trace the lines that you see through the wax paper.

Let the image harden completely. Now mix yellow into your buttercream and with another piping bag cut the tip large enough so the the #1 piping tip can nestle in it, fill bag with yellow buttercream.

Once the image has hardened turn it over and place it on your cake board and peel the wax paper off. Now with your piping bag filled with yellow buttercream add lines for details that are in the traceable image.

Once you have achieved your desired detailing set in the refrigerator to harden buttercream for 10 minutes. When done using your stray gold paint spray the mask with even quick stokes and cover evenly then let set to dry about 5 minutes.

Carefully remove the mask from the cake board and place it on your cake (we centered it), then with a pipping bag with the #31 tip filled with black buttercream pipe strokes from the top of the mask spraying outwards to get the desired look you want for feathers the more you do the better it looks. To complete the mask pipe dots of black accents as can be seen from the finished cake around the eye and bridge of the nose of the mask. And voila! your done!

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I know it's Columbus day but I also know that many of you are thinking about your Halloween costume, right? I have two party invites so far,oh what to wear? I've always dreamed of being a thing like a carton of milk or like the Ham that Scout wears in "To Kill A Mocking Bird" Here maybe this cake of ours will inspire you, who is it? Sonic the Hedge Hog.  He would make a great costume with his big hands and feet and oh the beautiful colors he has you'll attract everyone, and who knows maybe you get the biggest treat of all!

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Snooky's Pumpkin Spiced Bourbon Cake

- a seasonal item -

 In celebration of the fall season we have brought back the pumpkin spiced bourbon cake. Blended with pumpkin, freshly ground exotic spices and infused with bourbon it goes deliciously well with our our cream cheese frosting [but we'll frost it with whatever you like].  This pumpkin delight will be available from October through the winter holidays. 

How About Some Pumpkin for your Cake!

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I watched a whole day marathon of the last season of the show Breaking Bad two Sundays ago. It was riveting, I only left my coach the whole day to get snacks and to use the bathroom during intermissions and between episodes. I'm still wondering how some of the characters developed into who they became, I guess I will just have to see the other seasons on Netflix to understand.
This cake was ordered ironically the Tuesday after I watched the marathon by two Netherlanders who were also watching the show back home but season two. Their stay was in NYC at the Waldorf Astoria which to my surprise is actually two different hotels housed under on roof, who knew! I and the client chatted about the series and it bizarre story lines (I won't give any of them away) for at least 5 minutes before placing the order for the cake, Breaking Bad is obviously a big hit abroad as well. Can't wait to see seasons one through four.

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