{"id":5957,"date":"2014-11-29T16:13:12","date_gmt":"2014-11-29T16:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.com\/?p=5957"},"modified":"2014-12-03T19:24:56","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T19:24:56","slug":"hunger-games-cake-katniss-wedding-dress-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=5957","title":{"rendered":"The Hunger Games Cake: Katniss Wedding Dress Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0I adore the Hunger Games books. \u00a0Adore them. \u00a0I also love the movies, but as with most book to movie conversions, the book is better than the movie!<\/p>\n

With Mockingjay out in theatres, I knew I had to make another Hunger Games video. \u00a0I have previously made Mockingjay cupcakes<\/a>, and Catching Fire cake pops<\/a>, so I wanted to do something more epic! \u00a0I knew it had to be in cake form, as I had already made cupcakes and cake pops, and one of my favourite parts of the Catching Fire movie was the scene in which Katniss is wearing her wedding dress and transforms into the Mockingjay. \u00a0That scene is where the inspiration for this cake comes from.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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From the bottom up- the bottom is the black feathers of the mocking jay, which leads up to the flames and finishes off with the remaining top of the wedding dress.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is a challenging cake to make if you don’t have much cake decorating experience, BUT with the video tutorial I know that all levels can make it successfully. \u00a0Planning ahead is important with a cake of this size, and with one of this many elements. \u00a0The feathers need to have time to dry, so they can be prepped days, if not weeks ahead of time. \u00a0The candies can be melted a couple of days ahead of time as well, though I don’t recommend more than a week ahead as the candy gets a bit sticky. \u00a0You can also make the royal icing lace portion days, to weeks ahead as well, as it requires time to dry and doesn’t go bad. \u00a0Bake and freeze the cakes the night before you want to use them, and prep the icings the morning you want to decorate. \u00a0If everything is ready to assemble, the actually decorating and assembly of the cake is very straightforward. \u00a0You can use any decorating technique to ice the cake, and you can also just simply slap it on with a spatula. \u00a0<\/p>\n

I’m looking forward to watching the new Mockingjay movie, now that the initial crowds have left the theaters! \u00a0I hope you enjoy this Hunger Games cake.\u00a0<\/p>\n