Work Log: Structural cakes

[hac]

That truck is pretty amazing, and I love Filipino chocolate cakes!  They're quite different in texture from North American cakes.

BTW, did you happen to look up "hackleberry" in the urban dictionary? 

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i just did right now...and crap. well, hopefully no one here is that "adept" in that kind of vocabulary. my names hac and back in college people call me hacfin to make fun with which later was hackleberry. thanks for pointing that out!

[hac]

progress pics =P

added some decorations while waiting for the other cakes to bake:

( decorations were made a day before)

cool my cakes!! coooooolll!!!! =P

[hac]

2nd cake finally baked! woohoo! 2nd tier is a white chocolate mudcake with white chocolate ganache fill and cover (one of my favorite cakes too!) at 8in.

and covered in fondant and placed on top

now the fun part! add all the decors!

[hac]

cake fully decorated,the only thing missing is the ribbon at the side of the board, i ran out and have to get some in the morning, thank goodness its at 3pm =P

now to sleep!!!! 3am here already and still a lot of cakes to do in the morning. cant say im complaining though =P hope you guys liked it! sorry for the delay on the pagoda but im trying toend the weekend rush, got booked til monday and its coming along, wish me luck guys!

[CanadianBakin']

cake fully decorated,the only thing missing is the ribbon at the side of the board, i ran out and have to get some in the morning, thank goodness its at 3pm =P

now to sleep!!!! 3am here already and still a lot of cakes to do in the morning. cant say im complaining though =P hope you guys liked it! sorry for the delay on the pagoda but im trying toend the weekend rush, got booked til monday and its coming along, wish me luck guys!

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So fun! Your cakes are so creative and you do a terrific job in execution! Thanks for sharing.

[tmriga]

I wish I were closer, so I could give you some help with this project. I've had a pagoda cake design in my head for a couple of years now, but never had the opportunity to execute the project.

Too bad they didn't provide you with a picture from a higher level, so you could see what type of tilework was used on the pagoda.

I am interested in seeing how you plan to assemble this for delivery.

Good luck!

Theresa

[hac]

I wish I were closer, so I could give you some help with this project.  I've had a pagoda cake design in my head for a couple of years now, but never had the opportunity to execute the project.

Too bad they didn't provide you with a picture from a higher level, so you could see what type of tilework was used on the pagoda.

I am interested in seeing how you plan to assemble this for delivery.

Good luck!

Theresa

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hey thanks for the offer! hopefully you could help me out once this gets started! im working on getting this moving by tuesday. the molds are almost done just that theres so much work to do at the same time!

ack! tile work =P well we didnt go to that kind of details but if we were indeed going to id probably just print that using the edible sheets as well =P easy way out i know haha! for delivery the whole thing will be disassembled and transported per piece =P

heres a cake i finished earlier: a Vintage themed Cake

my first thoughts was this frame i got for my parents for them to put their huuuge wedding pic in it.

so here goes the building =P

frame constructed with 3 pcs fondant.

brushed with gold dust and rest luster

airbrushed with shades of black then yellow

then orange

then misting and accenting with black to give that even more vintage or realistic look

and finally a splash of gold to give it more glitter

sugar beads pressed on the frame

the cake baked (choclit again! with ganache and fudge center =P)

the pic printed (photoshoped with lace)

layed on fondant and placed on top of the cake

frame assembled

and done!

hpoe you guys like it! very simple right?

gonna do one more cake and get some rest! more battles to win tom!

[tmriga]

The framing looks great. I bought a chocolate mold of an oval frame that I use for fondant or gumpaste plaques. I decorate the plaque, drop in at the center of the cake, border the cake edges, and it's done.

Theresa

[hac]

The framing looks great.  I bought a chocolate mold of an oval frame that I use for fondant or gumpaste plaques.  I decorate the plaque, drop in at the center of the cake, border the cake edges, and it's done.

Theresa

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how i wish, ive been scurrying almost every hole here in manila for some good differnt molds that has some unique styling, like laces and baroques but unfortunately we dont have much here so i have to mold everything byhand. gives me a lot of practise though but id prefer the molds to be more precise. i found a lot online that are offering good prices but shipping is the killer. 2$ lace mold with 40$ shipping go figure =P anyone out there kind enough to ship some to me for less? =P

[prasantrin]

Do you have any family in the US? You could buy a crapload of stuff and have it sent by balikbayan box. Super cheap shipping, and much safer. I'd do it, but I'm in Canada and the supplies are generally quite a bit more expensive here than in the US (and not as varied or plentiful).

[tmriga]

If you can get lace molds that cheap, send them to me! They run about $20-40 USD.

I have a friend from Malaysia who gets cutters there really inexpensively. She will be heading there in October to spend the winter. I'll ask her to check around and see what's available.

Would the shipping be less from there than from other countries?

Theresa

[hac]

Do you have any family in the US?  You could buy a crapload of stuff and have it sent by balikbayan box.  Super cheap shipping, and much safer.  I'd do it, but I'm in Canada and the supplies are generally quite a bit more expensive here than in the US (and not as varied or plentiful).

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i do have family in the us and ill ask them about it, sucks that when i was there and they all these sales that i saw, i wasnt into this yet so i didnt think of buying a lot of stuffs. , ill try to do that!

tmriga :

the lace molds here in the PI are roughly the same prices, i think a bit cheaper at 19$ locally. the plastic chocolate molds here are about 2-4$ each. i saw on one website that they have some baroque plastic molds for 2.22$ but shipping to the US is at 15$ so its roughly the same thing.

are you referring to the shipping from malaysia? or the philippines to the US? i think malaysia would have it cheaper =P

[tmriga]

are you referring to the shipping from malaysia? or the philippines to the US? i think malaysia would have it cheaper =P

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I was referring to shipping to where you are from Malaysia. My friend is a cake decorator who has custom cutters made for high-end decorators here in the US, and has several resources there. If there's something in SE Asia related to cake decorating supplies, she's the one I would ask.

Is shipping also that expensive to you from Australia?

Theresa

[hac]

im certain its cheaper from australia as its not as far away! i would love to get myhands on some stuffs from malaysia! i heard they have some good things too in bangkok for cheap, i go back and forth but for car stuffs, i think ill have a look around next time im there.

another cake im working on tonite, mylil pony theme.

the draft:

the cake (12x8in):

covered in fondant:

airbrushed the colors

added few of the decors:

added more decors:

now to make the toys!

[hac]

i wasnt able to post the finished cake coz i finished 2 hours before delivery and i had to get some rest =P the client loved it thank God! here it is along with a lot of cookies =P

wasnt able to take a picture of the 54 large round chewy sugar cookies with the same theme (fondant and edbile pictures).

ill be starting 3 cakes today and also do the Pagoda already so lets hope for the best shall we?

[Lior]

The cookie puzzle is out of this world! I want that! The kids must go wild when they see this!! Just great!

[jackal10]

Very artistic, but I do worry about all that artificial food colouring.

Even quite small amounts have been shown to make kids hyperactive.

[Kerry Beal]

Very artistic, but I do worry about all that artificial food colouring.

Even quite small amounts have been shown to make kids hyperactive.

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That's why you don't attend the party after making the cake.

[Lior]

this is true, but then again, even though I do not go for artificial anything, once in a while for a kid to get a special birthday cake/cookie seems okayish. Some kids have all sorts of colored lollies and sweets at birthdays, so just the cake or cookies is not too awful. I wonder if there are natural colors available. The sugar is also an issue.

[tmriga]

I wonder if there are natural colors available.

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Chefmaster brand makes natural food colors, for use in candy and icing. I have not seen any for airbrush or edible images, as yet.

There's a company in Australia, named Overseal Natural Ingredients, that has developed a line of natural food colors. They recently had a teleconference on their products.

Theresa

[schneich]

apropo blue cakes, this is a viagra cake we did ;-)

cheers

t.

[lebowits]

If your sugar high lasts longer than 4 hours, see your doctor.

[hac]

true true but then again, to be honest we dont have a slew of options here in the philippines with our high shipping rates and taxes. oh well you right, thats why i leave after the delivery =P

that viagra cake made me laugh, i know a couple of peeps that would want to give those to their husbands!

couple more cakes i did yesterday :

chef cake:

ufc cake:

ill be making 2 more cakes tonite, i just know i have to get started with the pagoda! along with their 8 japanese lantern principal giveaways and 4600pcs truffle orders. sugar high? i think i got immune to it already haha!

[hac]

and im done, and i want to sleep, a looooong one =P

night guys!

[hac]

finally started on the pagoda molds last night, only have a week left and i got packed with orders, cakes to make are

japanese pagoda

8 japanese lanterns

4600 truffles

3tier chow chow cake

120 cupcakes with fondant toppers

2 tier princess castle cake (using wilton set)

all for this weekend =P oh boy.

so heres the molds. its rough inthe edges and ill just fine tune the borders and connections when i lay down the gumpaste.

i made 5 of those already, still measuring the bigger 1st floor roof and the smaller but more pointy 7th floor roof.