Gravity cider cake

This cake was made for my son-in-laws 40th. The cake is chocolate and vanilla chequered and covered in chocolate fondant. The gravity cider is not fondant as I find it looked so unrealistic so I experimented with a few thing and the most successful was clear mints!!

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clear straws gravity defying

9 Comments

Michal Bulla commented almost 10 years ago

very nice!

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CuriAUSSIEty Cakes commented almost 10 years ago

Welcome to cakes décor this is totally fabulous!

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pearl carroll commented almost 10 years ago

Thank you

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The Little Cake Company commented almost 10 years ago

super job!

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MarksCakes commented almost 10 years ago

The gravity cider pouring out of the can is superb. Did you microwave the mints?

miettes commented almost 10 years ago

What a cool cake !!

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Tante Fondante commented almost 10 years ago

Wonderfull!!!
I have to make a cider/beer cake too, can you explain how to make the cider, it looks so realistic!!!

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pearl carroll commented almost 10 years ago

Hi everyone , Thank you for your comments. After a lot of experimenting with different products of which none looked realistic until I used clear mints. I melted the mints in the microwave then added some ivory colouring. I used a clear straw and painted the melted mints onto the straw pulling the brush away from the straw to create the ‘splashes’. Since doing this cake I now melt the mints on a tray in the oven with NO water and I have found that it doesn’t go sticky at all. Hope this helps…happy baking.

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Tante Fondante commented almost 10 years ago

Thank you very much! Very kind to share this with us! I’m gonna try this!

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