Just finished this for a friend’s son who is 21 on the weekend. Hollowed out a deep sponge I had layered with jam and buttercream. After covering with black fondant I commenced building the engine with a combination of hand modelled fondant parts coloured candy shoestrings and liquorice. The bonnet struts are candy floss sticks covered with fondant, these go down to the bottom of the cake to support the weight of the bonnet, which is simply leant on the top. There is an aluminium “L” shaped brace at the back of the cake (like a bookend) which just peeps above the back of the cake. This stops the bonnet from slipping back and also from pushing the back of the cake out.
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#1 posted 225 days ago
amazing!! what a lot of amazing detail! And how innovative to use candy and liquorice! fab!
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#2 posted 225 days ago
Thanks so much Fifi. I really enjoyed doing this cake, I knew what I wanted to do with it as soon as his mum said he was a car mechanic. Fortunately there were not too many technical hitches in the process. The cake was modelled from photos of the lad’s own car and is to be a surprise for him, so I hope he has a good laugh!
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#3 posted 225 days ago
he will be amazed!!
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