So my William turned 8. Seriously? For his birthday he just wanted a fun cake and a party with family. He went back and forth about what cake he wanted, because he wanted me to put everything he liked on one cake. After visions of a robot spinning a beyblade, playing sports and wielding a light saber... I gently suggested something a little more do-able and offered to make a model of R2D2 from Star Wars. And it took! (Whew!)
So to start, my friend helped me figure things out and she and her husband made a stand like the one we used for the Tangled Tower Cake. I baked a lot of cake... six inch rounds for the body, a 1/2 ball pan for the domed head, and two 9 x 13's to cut the legs out of. The cake was a basic 'Funfetti' mix that I doctored to make it more tasty... the filling chocolate, and covered in marshmallow fondant.
After I filled, stacked and frosted the cakes, I covered it all with fondant... then added details. I totally cheated though. Silver is a hard color to get. You can get a gray easily enough, but to get the silver look you have to literally paint it... so I used some foil for the details, and added details to the silver pan to put on his head. It's for my boy, so I'm allowed to cheat, right? :)
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| The ball pan I used.. Isn't it a pretty silver? lol |
Anyway, here's some pics of the process and the cake:
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| I cut the 'leg' shape out of cardboard first, then cut the cake to match it and add some indentations |
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| Covered the whole thing (cardboard too) w/fondant. Then made all details, attaching them w/ piping gel |
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| So we covered the board w/foil. Added details to cake, w/ the details on the pan (LOL) |
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| I wanted something to put candles in.. so Bety helped me make a wrench, some screws and bolts. And yes.. they all have detail work on them. |
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| I was laughing at myself for not measuring. I totally made the legs a little big. The wideness should be more on the bottom. If I would do it again I would be more careful with size/shape and probably make legs out of rice krispie treats instead. |
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| Top looking down. |
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| Bringing it to the birthday boy. It was big.. but not ridiculous big :) |
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| And the reward for making this is right there! |
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| Stars Wars! |
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| See! It really is cake! I just took off the pan/head.. the kids ate off the details :) |
