Saturday, March 27, 2010

Winging cake

My husband just earned his Naval Aviator wings, and so in celebration I made a cake for him!  It's a chocolate cake with peanut butter mousse and peanut butter cups chopped up for the filling.  I iced with buttercream and then sculpted the wings from fondant.  The side is decorated with hand placed gold dragees (sugar pearls) It was a lot of fun to make and my husband appriciated it.




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5 comments:

  1. Mandy HornbuckleMarch 30, 2010 at 7:54 AM

    AMAZING!!!

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  2. katiemomApril 12, 2010 at 6:33 AM

    Love your cake! Any chance you're in CC and willing to make another? :)

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  3. AmandaApril 23, 2010 at 2:02 PM

    I am just about to move from CC! I'm sorry!

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  4. Marci DaviesMay 31, 2010 at 10:23 AM

    Hello! Would you be willing to share how you made the wings out of fondant? Any tips? I want to make a similar cake for my husband's winging! I was thinking of making the cake in the shape of the wings. Thanks so much!

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  5. AmandaMay 31, 2010 at 1:32 PM

    Sure, and congratulations to your husband! I printed out a photo of the wings in the size I wanted and used it as a template to get the basic shape for the wings. Then, I just built on and sculpted from there in layers. I started with the anchor and the shield. For the shield, I just rolled out a snake of fondant and outlined the shield. Then I moved onto the wings and shaped the feathers just using a toothpick. It was much easier than I thought it would be! I started with a yellow fondant, and then painted super gold luster dust on to that. The photo doesn't show it very well, but it looked much more metallic, I was pleased with the color!

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