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In: Philadelphia Art Museum Cake in album: Misc 3D Cakes
My cake replica of the Philly Art Museum!  The main building is vanilla cake with chocolate ganache and homemade caramel filling. The side wings are vanilla cake with chocolate ganache and fresh raspberry filling.

I used a few new techniques here, which I liked.  For the windows, I placed black fondant on the buildings, then cut out panels of ivory fondant measured to size.  I used a fondant cutter to cut out windows, froze the panels briefly (5 min) so they wouldn't distort, then applied them to the building.  I don't know if you can tell, but I cut gelatin sheets out for the windows and applied them using piping gel.

This was probably one of the most challenging cake experiences I had. Philly had a bout of 90+ percent humidity for four days in a row, causing my fondant to melt and slump.  Then I had to drive it 3.5 hours to DC and bring it to a party on a rooftop in the hot and humid DC weather.  I'm just glad it survived!
My cake replica of the Philly Art Museum! The main building is vanilla cake with chocolate ganache and homemade caramel filling. The side wings are vanilla cake with chocolate ganache and fresh raspberry filling. I used a few new techniques here, which I liked. For the windows, I placed black fondant on the buildings, then cut out panels of ivory fondant measured to size. I used a fondant cutter to cut out windows, froze the panels briefly (5 min) so they wouldn't distort, then applied them to the building. I don't know if you can tell, but I cut gelatin sheets out for the windows and applied them using piping gel. This was probably one of the most challenging cake experiences I had. Philly had a bout of 90+ percent humidity for four days in a row, causing my fondant to melt and slump. Then I had to drive it 3.5 hours to DC and bring it to a party on a rooftop in the hot and humid DC weather. I'm just glad it survived!
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Kitagrl 5/23/11 at 3:17pm
Great job! What a big project! And yep I'm in Philly area and the weather has been horrible...my wedding cakes last week were sweating so badly it looked like I sprayed them with water!
tguegirl 5/23/11 at 8:51pm
Thanks, Kitagrl! Mine too--the columns starting sliding down the building fronts after they came out of the fridge, which is why they are all wonky. They were straight when I put them on, I swear! By the way, thank you for that beautiful cake you made for Harrison College House! It was lovely and delicious.
CakeDiosa 5/23/11 at 10:24pm
THIS CAKE IS A LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT OF WORK!!! And welll done! Sorry the weather wonked up your fondant work. 'fortunately we all can understand that! Either way - this was a massive undertaking + THAT DRIVE!! Good job!!!! I'm impressed!
JourneyTowardConfection 5/24/11 at 4:33am
Freezing the fondant after cutting so it doesn't distort is a genius idea! Thanks for sharing that tip! I
peggyslee 5/24/11 at 5:57am
Incredible!
yodasmom 6/6/11 at 7:42am
Wow! Awesome!
KodiSnip 7/26/11 at 7:18am
beautiful work!
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