I'm making a lego cake this week. I'm planning on making different colored blocks (bc) & stacking them. I was thinking about cutting the "nubs" with a round cookie cutter & coating them with candy melts. Has anyone tried to cover pieces of cake this way? I wonder if the sides of the "nubs" will be smooth after coating? Should I apply a crumb coat before pouring on the candy melts?
THX!

I am not sure I follow. Are the nubs the dots on top of each block? Could you make them fondant? Just roll it out slightly thick and use a round cookie cutter. That seems much quicker and easier to me. Post pics since now I am intrigued.

We have Lego cake at my partner's site: fatandhappyconfections. Just make the blocks and use the large round tip and just pipe out icing, you will never get icing smooth over cake. I'm not sure about the candy melts though. Let me know how it turns out.

The only way you can get candy melts smooth on a disc of cake is to mold it. If you have a round mold (hockey puck shaped, e.g.) coat it with chocolate, let it set up, fill with cake and pour more chocolate over the top to seal. Chill and unmold.

Personally, I would do the fondant cutouts. Much easier and I think you'll be able to match the colors better.

I cant find the site either and i would love to see it.

I made a leggo cake for my grandson. I covered with BC (he hates fondant). I made the nubs from cake. I smooshed the cake (compressed it together) into nub shape and used stiff BC to frost. I attached nub with wooden shish ka bob skewers so they wouldn't fall off cause I had to transport cake 30 miles. I wish I had pictures. hth

ps: make sure and put cake boards under the leggos you put on top, I didn't even think of it at the time and had a heck of a time stacking them. I did think to dowel them at least.

Sorry girls, didn't mean to say site (we're working on that) it's her cc name.

I think the lego cake is a grand idea.

I have couple of suggestions,

1. Use a Hockey Puck Chocolate Mold like DianeLM kind of said and fill it with a cake ball mixture?

2. Or just use the Hockey Puck mold and use your candy melts, the kids always love to have chocolate type things and this would be perfect.

3. Could you thin out or convert a bit of your colored icing and cover them as if there were petit fours?

Can't wait to see some pics and see what you end up doing!

Good Luck.

Can't find fatandhappyconfections as a cc user either

Just put fatandhappy in.

There are quite a few Lego cakes in the galleries and a lot of people used fondant and the blocks look great.

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=thumbnails&cat=0&meta=search&search=lego&page=1&sort=dd

Hey! Just wanted to get my Lego cake in here too - even though it's fondant covered. http://cakecentral.com/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/10223/Legos.jpg

I have an idea... not sure how good it is.. but here goes...

After looking at the other lego pics, I though a upside down large muffin out of cake might do the trick.

Good Luck!

DianeLM your lego cake looks great.

Wow there are so many of them and they all look so cool!

You can get a lot of ideas from these.

Good Luck.

DianeLM how did you get your legos to look like that? Nicely done.

What did you do for the round nubs

Thanks, it looks great.