Hi Janny,
I would use one of the "contour pans" if you can get one, because they have such a nice curve to the top edge. You could cover it with red fondant to look like the plastic that covers a round of cheese and use whitish/yellow fondant to cover the cake in the cut out portion. You could even get the sticker from a real round of cheese to stick onto the fondant. Your local deli of cheese broker could help you out with this for free. To make the "holes", you can cut little round holes of varying sizes and then place a same size fondant piece of a slightly darker shade "patch" into the cut out for some contrast. I don't know how you and your family feel about wine (we are BIG wine lovers), but figure piping grapes onto a cake, with some green vines, would fit with your "aged to perfection" theme. Also, wilton used to make a bowling pin shaped pan. You can find them on ebay. It works quite well as a wine bottle too. You can have a "label" printed on those edible icing sheets (our local grocery store does it for $7) with a personalized message on it, like what "vintage" he is and what varietal, what region he was grown in, etc. Also, when you transport the cake, place the tray on a flat surface in your car with some of that non-slip mat (they sell rolls of it in the kitchen dept. of wal-mart or any hardware store) It won't budge an inch. I've used it to transport tiered cakes 50 miles in nasty traffic and never had a problem. Trish -----Original Message----- From: Janny B. Bencze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 8:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [CAKE-RECIPE] Birthday Cake Help Hello Everyone! I joined a few weeks ago and have been enjoying the recipes. I need some help with a cake for my hubby. It's his 40th birthday on Easter Sunday. I bought napkins and plates that say "aged to perfection" This isn't exactly true, but I don't want to do the over the hill thing. LOL Anyway, I was thinking of making a two layer round cake and making it look like a round of cheese, cutting out a wedge, getting a little plastic mouse to put on the plate and a sign on top that reads "Aged to Perfection" Now, for the help:Pardon my language, but my icing and decorating skills just plain SUCK!!! What is the easiest way that I can make this cake look like a round of cheese? I have Swiss cheese in mind and was thinking about using rolled yellow fondant with different size holes cut out and putting that over a frosting of black or orange. I've never used fondant like that. Is there a better easier way? I was thinking of making a cake shaped like a scotch bottle instead, but have no idea how to do that. Any ideas there? I am so sorry for such a long letter! Oh, and I need to carry this cake to the party destination. I have an old round microwave tray that I think would be great, but no top for it. We only have to go a couple miles. Thank you so much for listening [reading] Janny PS - the cake doesn't have to tie in with Easter. Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. Bring education to life by funding a specific classroom project. http://us.click.yahoo.com/4F6XtA/_WnJAA/E2hLAA/QXMplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAKE-RECIPE/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
