The first cake is my Pascal cake. I was going to make this cake for a friend's birthday a year ago, but the order was canceled. I liked the design idea too much, so I made it for the Iowa State Fair this year. To make the cake stable, I created an internal support system for the rice krispies to sit on.
So I made two cakes for the Iowa State Fair this year, a chameleon cake (Pascal from Tangled), and and castle dragon cake. My chameleon cake placed second and my castle dragon cake didn't place at all. The first cake is my Pascal cake. I was going to make this cake for a friend's birthday a year ago, but the order was canceled. I liked the design idea too much, so I made it for the Iowa State Fair this year. To make the cake stable, I created an internal support system for the rice krispies to sit on. The next step in making this cake was to fill the stand with rice krispies. I used rice krispies because this cake was made for display purposes only and I didn't want to use styrofoam because it isn't very forgiving if you cut too much off. Once I had the shape I desired, I covered the rice krispies in white chocolate to create a smooth surface for the modeling chocolate that was going on next. I then covered the cake in green modeling chocolate. I used a round frosting tip to add the scale texture to the modeling chocolate. Next I added the base cover and tail wire to the cake. I then added the eyes, legs, and more details to the cake. I finished off the cake by adding the iris to the eye and finishing details. The second cake I made for the Iowa state fair was a castle dragon cake. I began construction of the cake with sheets of rice krispies cut into a simple castle shape. I added some more rice krispies to the base to made the cake look like a castle. I next covered the cake in chocolate to create a smooth surface. I added fondant bricks one at a time to the cake. This took around 12 hours to place all of the bricks. I then layered the coloring onto the bricks using my air brush. I finished off the cake by adding a dragon and water. To make the tail elevated, I used a copper wire. The dragon was made using modeling chocolate. I used a round piping tip to add the scale texture. I hand-molded the wings and added them after I had the dragon body completed. The water is blue buttercream frosting.
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6/25/2013 05:11:25 pm
I wonder how you prepare such varieties of cakes in different shapes! It is not just about being delicious but about being s nice treats for of eyes as well! Hence everyone would love to buy them! Thanks for such nice share!
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Marina
10/17/2013 04:51:43 am
I love this expect that you call it cake and it is all Rice Krispies. Trust me, I get that Rice Krispies are easier to mold, but it'd be much more impressive if any of it was cake. It turned out amazing however.
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Cake Engineering
11/10/2013 07:17:21 am
Hey Marina,
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Betty Critchlow
3/5/2015 03:17:31 pm
You are an engineer. I hope you are still receiving questions. I am making my husband a special bird of pray cake for his 80th Birthday. What I hope you can help me with is.. I want to do the WINGS in a 4 to 6 foot flight wing span. I want to know how to support the wings as if the BIRD is taking off or landing...
Cake Engineering
3/8/2015 07:08:42 am
Hey Betty, Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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