Thank You Trish for ALL your ideas! They are great!!! especially the bowling pin idea for a bottle. i didn't know you can get "labels" printed up. Geeze, I have so many ideas now, that I'm not sure what to do! LOL
Thanks again!!! Janny On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:11:49 -0800 "Tricia Boyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give the gift of life to a sick child. Support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's 'Thanks & Giving.' http://us.click.yahoo.com/lGEjbB/6WnJAA/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/
