{"id":1546,"date":"2011-05-03T18:47:37","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T18:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.com\/?p=1546"},"modified":"2011-05-13T18:59:39","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T18:59:39","slug":"ladies-where-are-your-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=1546","title":{"rendered":"Ladies? Where are your orders? A tank cake and an Xbox Remote Cake."},"content":{"rendered":"

Please, please, please, help me out and place an order for a GIRLY<\/strong> cake! \u00a0My estrogen is begging you!<\/p>\n

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German Tiger Tank<\/strong>. \u00a0Uggh. \u00a0Do I need to say more? \u00a0I made this cake EXTRA difficult for us, as we were working with a new brand of fondant. \u00a0I figured, that fondant, is fondant, is fondant, but that was a ROOKIE mistake! \u00a0This specific brand of fondant is really soft, and was quite difficult to work with. \u00a0Paul has spent hours researching how to make fondant harder, and we think we have found the secret! \u00a0I will post a fondant comparison and fondant hardener review soon!<\/p>\n

XBox Remote Cake<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This cake was done specially for a local birthday boy! \u00a0His order was very specific, and knew exactly what colours, shape and type of cake he wanted! \u00a0He even had to poll his friends, to find out which flavour his friends would enjoy most during the celebration! \u00a0How cute, eh? \u00a0He (and his friends) ended up choosing Cookie Dough (GREAT choice boys!), and from there, the specifics were up to us!<\/p>\n

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I started by baking two 8″ round cakes to form the general shape for the remote. \u00a0Then Paul, and the carving knife, took over (while I went to Tier Cake Class) and he shaped the cake into what you see. \u00a0He then diligently started working on the pieces of the controller, while I started working on the fondant cover.<\/p>\n

We have been having fondant issues of late, and this time, the red fondant was quite dry! \u00a0I worked with this problem by putting it in the microwave for 10 seconds (seriously!) and added vegetable shortening for more moisture. \u00a0Working with the red in this way was much better, but while making the stripes to lay over the black, they dried much quicker, and you can see some of the breakage along the sides (if you look carefully . . . so don’t).<\/p>\n

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To make the tiger stripe overlay, roll out your base colour, cut out your stripes and your accent colour, and lay stripes over top of your base. \u00a0Use your rolling pin to blend the two colours, and viola! \u00a0You get one solid sheet of striped fondant!<\/p>\n

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