Coloured Drums

I mentioned before how I was going to start using coloured drums and the occasion finally came recently when asked to make a 7th birthday cake which I was under strict instructions to make 'chocolate with flowers'. Having been always told to cover cake drums it made such a welcome revelation when coloured drums became widespread. They save so much time and can really lift a plain cake. They also save sugarpaste as I seem to be flying through it lately.

 Of course there are many cakes that need the seamless continuation of cake to board such as this one which I put up a post about a while ago.

Next weekend I am getting making a cake using Isomalt for the first time and I am super excited to try out the new craze. Stay tuned for the post about it. 

Back to Sesame St.

After the success of the Elmo giant cupcake I made a while back I got asked to make a cookie monster inspired cake for an upcoming birthday.

Like before I used my silicone cupcake moulds and baked in the oven. I don't know if I mentioned this before but it is SO important to turn down your oven a little when using these as opposed to traditional tins as it takes a little longer for the heat to reach the centre of the cake and for it to cook properly.

What I really like about my one is that there is a little lid like mould that sits on top of the botton part and makes an indent in the base so you can fill it with icing/frosting....of course if yours don't I would really advise you to make some room because it really adds to the cake.

I made the mistake of buying blue liquid dye instead of the gel form and so this changed the consistency of the buttercream a little bit and it needs to be quiet stiff to stay in place on a cake such as this one. If I were to redo this cake again I think I would add in a some more dye as I don' think he came out dark enough. 

As a finishing touch the most obvious thing to do was to include a cookie which really made the cake in my opinion. I also managed to get my hands on a box especially for giant cupcakes with a cupcake cut out on the side so when dropping it off at party everyone can see. I really liked this idea but more so from the point of view that the box won't be continuously opened and potentially damaging the cake with everyone 'just having a look'. 

I did a mini haul in my local cake supply shop and finally got myself some letter cutters which I will do a post about soon. Also I have finally started to use coloured drums as covering the silver ones really does eat into prep time so I will do a post on that soon also.