3d airplane

[freddurf]

This was the cake I was asking questions about last week. Thanks for all the input. I ended up covering the board with tinfoil and then covering the foil directly with IMBC. I was worried it would slide right off the foil. Once I got the foil covered I could see that it was going to cause no problems at all. Yeah! Details about the cake board: My friend designed the board complete with a spinning propeller and red LED lights under the wings. The cake was 14 batches of Banana Cake and then covered with lilikoi IMBC. It seems like no matter how much time I give myself to prepare for a party, I'm always working down to the last minute. I really needed to make another batch of frosting to smooth and cover some of the edges and I also wanted to add some pin stripes, but I was out of time. DH actually frosted the plane for me!

Edited February 9, 2006 by freddurf (log)

[sanrensho]

Looks great! What banana cake recipe did you use, and how did you like it?

[helenjp]

I am soo impressed! My son asked me for the very same, a plane that would be in the air, and with working lights....I'm afraid he got a Concorde with*out* working lights. I even had little lights like you used, so now I feel very lazy.

...I did paint in pinstripes, aircraft identification number and windows though!

You did a lovely job!

[freddurf]

Looks great! What banana cake recipe did you use, and how did you like it?

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I used RLB's recipe in the Cake Bible. I absolutely love it! Everyone who has tried it has loved it too. Not too sweet and very light.

[docsconz]

Looks great! What banana cake recipe did you use, and how did you like it?

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I used RLB's recipe in the Cake Bible. I absolutely love it! Everyone who has tried it has loved it too. Not too sweet and very light.

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The "very light" aspect is very important for an airplane! Nice work.

[CanadianBakin']

WOW!! It turned out great! I'm sure the recipient will be amazed. Thanks for showing us the process.

[K8memphis]

Wow wow wow wow Wow! Too awesome!!!

A hint for you for not working down to the last minute. It's just a hint. After 30 years of this stuff, I still get it down to the wire too often but this is how I try to avoid it. I try to do the last things first. Like for example for the next airplane cake maybe, do the box and pin stripes in advance of baking. I make my icings before I bake. Kind of change up the order of things--just a thought for you. Fantastic work!!!

One other idea, set a timer to go off like every 15 minutes to keep you aware of time--because when a person is in creative mode, they are in the side of their brain where time does not exist.

yes, I'm certifiably crazy. I've pulled too many wedding cake all nighters thinking about all this stuff way too much.

[RuthWells]

Too, too cool, Fred! Well done!

[freddurf]

Thanks for all the kind words and advice Making some items in advance is a good idea. The reason I got so far behind on this one is because I realized at 12:00 I would need another triple batch of cake and the party started at 5:30! Yikes! Another mess to clean before all my guests started to arrive. Luckily this was for DH so he couldn't care less about any details, but for myself I would have liked to have added all the finishing touches. He's so funny, he was looking at his watch and says, "honey, move out of the way, you better let me handle this." He has only frosted one other cake in his life, but he's a plastering conractor, so frosting and plaster are all the same to him. I think he did a great job, but I had to give him a playful kick for stealing all my glory!

susie

Edited February 10, 2006 by freddurf (log)