melozburngr
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My boyfriend's friend Mark turned 41 on Saturday, and is also a big skateboarder, so I made him a skateboard themed birthday cake (skateboard upside down, so its wheels are up laying on grass), which is 100% edible.
The bottom part is a 2 layer chocolate cake with chocolate filling, the skateboard cake is a one layer yellow cake covered in chocolate icing, and then covered with fondant.
The trucks (things that hold the wheels on a skateboard) are made from Pastillage, which is a sugar dough made from gelatin, powdered sugar, water, and cream of tarter, and dries to porcelain hardness. this is painted with edible silver powder mixed with almond extract. Wood grain was painted on with a pastry brush lightly dampened with extract, then dipped in gel food coloring. The wheels are gas station donuts (Hostess) covered with grey fondant..
The cake was a HUGE success, and Mark kept talking about it all night.. YAY!!
On to the pix...
View from the top:
View from the side:
After a bunch of old skateboarders dove in...
The baker after 7 hours of being in the kitchen, what you cant see are her gnarled claws of hands from piping all that damn grass.
The bottom part is a 2 layer chocolate cake with chocolate filling, the skateboard cake is a one layer yellow cake covered in chocolate icing, and then covered with fondant.
The trucks (things that hold the wheels on a skateboard) are made from Pastillage, which is a sugar dough made from gelatin, powdered sugar, water, and cream of tarter, and dries to porcelain hardness. this is painted with edible silver powder mixed with almond extract. Wood grain was painted on with a pastry brush lightly dampened with extract, then dipped in gel food coloring. The wheels are gas station donuts (Hostess) covered with grey fondant..
The cake was a HUGE success, and Mark kept talking about it all night.. YAY!!
On to the pix...
View from the top:
View from the side:
After a bunch of old skateboarders dove in...
The baker after 7 hours of being in the kitchen, what you cant see are her gnarled claws of hands from piping all that damn grass.
