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Big Ben Clock Tower

It turned out ok. Wasn't really pleased. The top had a lean to it. The faces on all sides are traced onto rice paper with edible ink. All edible except support rods and cake circles (squares).

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Comments (14)

Doug 5/27/06 at 6:52pm

WOW!!!!! ya dun gud! real good! impressed...much more detail than I thought possible. The gold is an excellent touch (and as for the lean -- well give an old clock a break age=lean! ... seem to remember it leaning a bit last time I saw it in person -- wait, that was me!) BE VERY PROUD OF THIS!!!!

sherik 5/27/06 at 6:59pm

Thanks Doug, you were a great help with your advice. If I attempt it again I will know what to do different.

tripletmom 5/27/06 at 7:35pm

8O Um....WOW!!! Amazing! How big was this cake? I agree with Doug, be very proud of this!

Kos 5/27/06 at 8:46pm

Holy Schmokes! Incredible! How long did it take you to do that? It's absolutely amazing!

sugartopped 5/27/06 at 9:15pm

all i got is....WOW!! AMAZING!

kelleygirl 5/28/06 at 7:24am

Amazing Cake. Really nice.

heychele 5/29/06 at 4:02am

Awesome job!!

MAK 5/29/06 at 6:38pm

Wow, I can understand why you were upset, but what you did is nothing short of amazing. I know how that 'falling down' thing goes, but the clock face, texture on the sides and gold detailing is really great.

sherik 5/29/06 at 6:48pm

This cake was 23" tall the tower layers (5) are 5" x 5" x 4" sitting on a 10" x 2" base cake. It weighed 20 lbs. It took 5 hrs to sculpt the top (above clock face layer) from chocolate Satin Ice fondant then 6 hrs to pipe and paint royal icing. Thank you for all your kind compliments.

Dinkey1982 6/3/06 at 12:07am

How did you ever find the time...no kids I am guessing...or at least no little ones...

sherik 6/3/06 at 4:05pm

My kids are 30 & 28 yrs old. I work full time. I finished this at 5 a.m. took a little nap and got up at 7 a.m. for work. I do most of my work late night & into the a.m. hrs. Thank you for the kind compliments.