NICE! It has a "cottage castle" feel..the vines are lovely...very creative that you did not use a kit and used kitchen towel rolls and ice cream cones etc.
They are made from gelatin icing. Covered the cardboard from kitchen rolls with cling film, rolled out the gelatin icing very thin and cut it into rectangles and wrapped them around the rolls. Joined the overlap with a little water.
Left them on a tray placed in the hotpress/airing cupboard overnight, then removed the rolls to allow the inside to dry. I usually leave them a few days & they will dry out very hard. It's based on a castle in a book by Carol Deacon called No Time Party Cakes.
@gurya They are made from gelatin icing. Covered the cardboard from kitchen rolls with cling film, rolled out the gelatin icing very thin and cut it into rectangles and wrapped them around the rolls. Joined the overlap with a little water.Left them on a tray placed in the hotpress/airing cupboard overnight, then removed the rolls to allow the inside to dry. I usually leave them a few days & they will dry out very hard. It's based on a castle in a book by Carol Deacon called No Time Party Cakes
@Cakesandstuff ok thanks. what about getting them to stand up and dont fall over? also what is the cones standing on? thanks so much for your answers your cake has inspired me to make one
@gurya They are attached to the side of the cake with Royal Icing (packet bought in supermarket & just add water). I turned the side with the joins in against the cake so that the joins wouldn't be so noticeable (piped leaves over visible joint). The cones were a bit tricky because they didn't have a straight bottom when turned upside down. I very carefully (breaking some) tried to cut them so that they would be straight. Also attached with Royal Icing. Buttons attached made them more secure.
@gurya Make sure you don't cut too much off the cones to straighten them or they might be too small to balance on top of the turret. If you do, you could always stick a strip of fondant around the inside edge of the turret so that the cone would have something to rest on.
NICE! It has a "cottage castle" feel..the vines are lovely...very creative that you did not use a kit and used kitchen towel rolls and ice cream cones etc.
ShannonValdiviez 10 months ago
thanks for the tips. do you attach the silver tiny balls using royal icing as well?
gurya 10 months ago
@gurya Yes. Royal Icing.
Cakesandstuff 10 months ago
They are made from gelatin icing. Covered the cardboard from kitchen rolls with cling film, rolled out the gelatin icing very thin and cut it into rectangles and wrapped them around the rolls. Joined the overlap with a little water.
Left them on a tray placed in the hotpress/airing cupboard overnight, then removed the rolls to allow the inside to dry. I usually leave them a few days & they will dry out very hard. It's based on a castle in a book by Carol Deacon called No Time Party Cakes.
Cakesandstuff 10 months ago
looks great, how did you make the columns?
gurya 10 months ago
@gurya They are made from gelatin icing. Covered the cardboard from kitchen rolls with cling film, rolled out the gelatin icing very thin and cut it into rectangles and wrapped them around the rolls. Joined the overlap with a little water.Left them on a tray placed in the hotpress/airing cupboard overnight, then removed the rolls to allow the inside to dry. I usually leave them a few days & they will dry out very hard. It's based on a castle in a book by Carol Deacon called No Time Party Cakes
Cakesandstuff 10 months ago
@Cakesandstuff ok thanks. what about getting them to stand up and dont fall over? also what is the cones standing on? thanks so much for your answers your cake has inspired me to make one
gurya 10 months ago
@gurya They are attached to the side of the cake with Royal Icing (packet bought in supermarket & just add water). I turned the side with the joins in against the cake so that the joins wouldn't be so noticeable (piped leaves over visible joint). The cones were a bit tricky because they didn't have a straight bottom when turned upside down. I very carefully (breaking some) tried to cut them so that they would be straight. Also attached with Royal Icing. Buttons attached made them more secure.
Cakesandstuff 10 months ago
@gurya Make sure you don't cut too much off the cones to straighten them or they might be too small to balance on top of the turret. If you do, you could always stick a strip of fondant around the inside edge of the turret so that the cone would have something to rest on.
Cakesandstuff 10 months ago