Monster's cakes - Page 3

Lola Bunny · 10-20-2011, 12:05 AM

Super!

Sorry for the late response. I've been super busy. Haven't even had time to bake those cookies so I could decorate them by Friday.

monster · 10-18-2011, 09:18 AM

thanks, yes I did make the plate. pico it's "ready to roll" fondant icing. I imported it from the UK -you can buy it from craft stores here, but it's very, very expensive. I just paint the food color on white fondant mostly. Although sometimes -like the black batman logo- I use pre-colored. Trying to mix color in to it yourself is a lot of effort and just not worth it, in my experience. I only do that for very small quantities. Takes like shit imo, but I do not like super sweet stuff.

Some of the kids eat it, some of them don't. It just tastes like a wall of sugar, like very bland candy

I also have shitloads more ceramics I should share too, i'm just terrible at downloading and sorting images from the camera -and i haven't even taken pictures of my last few big pieces yet.

All these cakes are british-style sponge cakes, by the way -mostly chocolate.

Weigh the eggs. Take the same weight of sugar and butter, beat together. Whisk in the eggs. Fold in the same weight of self raising flour, gently stir in melted chocolate or vanilla essence or other flavor. Bake at 375 for about 45 minutes. Bigger cakes need longer and lower temps.

Usual filling is butter cream -3oz each of butter and decorators sugar, add melted chocolate.

footfootfoot · 10-18-2011, 09:20 AM

wow. Will you be my mom?

Those are so fucking amazing Monster. You have teh skilz.

monster · 10-18-2011, 09:22 AM

Hmm. There was a dinosaur cake with fresh coconut shards as teeth. I wonder if that was in the year of the bad pictures? That had the werdest color/sheen to it as i topped it with chocolate butter cream with green food color in it and the choclate and color didn't mix brilliantly -it was very effective as dinosaur skin.

footfootfoot · 10-18-2011, 09:45 AM

"...it pours the jelly a little at a time..."

classicman · 10-18-2011, 11:38 AM

Our differences aside, those cakes are nothing short of amazing.
I've never seen anything with that level of creativity.
I'm sure your kids will remember them forever.

monster · 10-18-2011, 04:08 PM

thank you

Nirvana · 10-19-2011, 11:14 AM

this thread is making me hungry :p

zippyt · 10-20-2011, 12:51 AM

but i can't find little swimmers to put in it.

Little swimmers ?????

Oh TOOOOO easy !!!

ZenGum · 10-20-2011, 02:17 AM

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but i can't find little swimmers to put in it.

Little swimmers ?????

Oh TOOOOO easy !!!

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monster · 10-20-2011, 10:31 PM

no. PZ, those are more kinda floaters, but if there were ones on swimming positions, that's exactly what I mean, thanks -closest yet. Unfortunately their shipping kinda puts it out of my price range, too....

and thanks to the person that PM'd me with a suggestion but I was unable to reply becuase they opted not to receive PMs. good suggestion, little too far out of the price range. And please post on the board more.

Pico and ME · 10-20-2011, 10:43 PM

What about making your own with marzipan?

monster · 10-20-2011, 10:45 PM

<hates marzipan ...but they need to be plastic -I want to suspend them in Jello -marzipan would deteriorate too much.

Clodfobble · 10-21-2011, 08:29 AM

Here's some, but they might be too expensive, I don't know.

footfootfoot · 10-21-2011, 11:30 AM

yep, railroad model figures. They come in all varieties of poses.

10-18-2011, 09:18 AM	#2
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	thanks, yes I did make the plate. pico it's "ready to roll" fondant icing. I imported it from the UK -you can buy it from craft stores here, but it's very, very expensive. I just paint the food color on white fondant mostly. Although sometimes -like the black batman logo- I use pre-colored. Trying to mix color in to it yourself is a lot of effort and just not worth it, in my experience. I only do that for very small quantities. Takes like shit imo, but I do not like super sweet stuff. Some of the kids eat it, some of them don't. It just tastes like a wall of sugar, like very bland candy I also have shitloads more ceramics I should share too, i'm just terrible at downloading and sorting images from the camera -and i haven't even taken pictures of my last few big pieces yet. All these cakes are british-style sponge cakes, by the way -mostly chocolate. Weigh the eggs. Take the same weight of sugar and butter, beat together. Whisk in the eggs. Fold in the same weight of self raising flour, gently stir in melted chocolate or vanilla essence or other flavor. Bake at 375 for about 45 minutes. Bigger cakes need longer and lower temps. Usual filling is butter cream -3oz each of butter and decorators sugar, add melted chocolate. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-18-2011, 09:20 AM	#3
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	wow. Will you be my mom? Those are so fucking amazing Monster. You have teh skilz. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-18-2011, 09:22 AM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Hmm. There was a dinosaur cake with fresh coconut shards as teeth. I wonder if that was in the year of the bad pictures? That had the werdest color/sheen to it as i topped it with chocolate butter cream with green food color in it and the choclate and color didn't mix brilliantly -it was very effective as dinosaur skin. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-18-2011, 09:45 AM	#5
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	"...it pours the jelly a little at a time..." __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-18-2011, 11:38 AM	#6
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Our differences aside, those cakes are nothing short of amazing. I've never seen anything with that level of creativity. I'm sure your kids will remember them forever. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-20-2011, 12:05 AM	#1
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	Super! Sorry for the late response. I've been super busy. Haven't even had time to bake those cookies so I could decorate them by Friday.

10-18-2011, 04:08 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	thank you __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-19-2011, 11:14 AM	#8
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	this thread is making me hungry :p __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

10-20-2011, 12:51 AM	#9
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	but i can't find little swimmers to put in it. Little swimmers ????? Oh TOOOOO easy !!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

10-20-2011, 10:31 PM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	no. PZ, those are more kinda floaters, but if there were ones on swimming positions, that's exactly what I mean, thanks -closest yet. Unfortunately their shipping kinda puts it out of my price range, too.... and thanks to the person that PM'd me with a suggestion but I was unable to reply becuase they opted not to receive PMs. good suggestion, little too far out of the price range. And please post on the board more. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-20-2011, 10:43 PM	#12
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	What about making your own with marzipan? __________________ Jesse LaGreca in 2012 “Seven Deadly Sins: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Science without humanity, Knowledge without character, Politics without principle, Commerce without morality, Worship without sacrifice.” – Mahatma Gandhi

10-20-2011, 10:45 PM	#13
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	<hates marzipan ...but they need to be plastic -I want to suspend them in Jello -marzipan would deteriorate too much. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-21-2011, 08:29 AM	#14
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Here's some, but they might be too expensive, I don't know. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

10-21-2011, 11:30 AM	#15
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	yep, railroad model figures. They come in all varieties of poses. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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