Hummer Front View
my first hummer. and what a humm(er) dinger it was to do. All buttercream except the tires. I wanted to add more detail, but ran out of time. the bday boy chose the colors.
my first hummer. and what a humm(er) dinger it was to do. All buttercream except the tires. I wanted to add more detail, but ran out of time. the bday boy chose the colors.
Wow! Great job and a lot of work, too! Kudos! ;-D
Great Job!! Icing bc smooth on a 3D cake is not always an easy feat! Looks great!!
eidel - the hummer is on a cake board and then that board is on a rectangle of foam that I covered in the same foil as the base. It was a good bit smaller than the body of the hummer, so it would be harder to see, but you can still see it from the sides.
INCREDIBLE!!! im doing one for next monday. i took a break from cakes and im really excited to try one that looks half as good as this!! could you please give me a mini tutorial on how you did this amazing piece!?! PM or [email protected] THANKS!! :D
what are the tires?
howie - sorry, I've been so swamped, I just saw your posts... each tire was two round cookies that I put together with some icing and covered in fondant. I'll try to post a mini tutorial, but I don't know how much help it will be....
I used an 11x7 pan (I think) and made 3 layers. The top layer was cut on a slant to form the windshield in front. I iced them all together and put them on a board cut just a tiny bit larger then the cake. Next, I iced all of the red, leaving room for the windows and windshields. I iced those in silver (a matte grey color?) After it had all crusted over I iced on details in black, white and yellow. I looked at some pictures on line as a guide...
Oh - and I made sure to cover the board with icing, so you couldn't see the edges. After it was all iced and set up, I hot glued that board (under the actual cake) to a platform of covered foam board. That platform had been hot glued to the covered base board already.
Then I just added the tires by putting some royal icing on the bottoms and backs of each tire and sticking them into place. Like I said, I don't know if that helped much, but there you go. Best of luck with yours... I'm sure it'll be great.
Wow! Great job and a lot of work, too! Kudos! ;-D
Great Job!! Icing bc smooth on a 3D cake is not always an easy feat! Looks great!!
eidel - the hummer is on a cake board and then that board is on a rectangle of foam that I covered in the same foil as the base. It was a good bit smaller than the body of the hummer, so it would be harder to see, but you can still see it from the sides.
howie - sorry, I've been so swamped, I just saw your posts... each tire was two round cookies that I put together with some icing and covered in fondant. I'll try to post a mini tutorial, but I don't know how much help it will be....
I used an 11x7 pan (I think) and made 3 layers. The top layer was cut on a slant to form the windshield in front. I iced them all together and put them on a board cut just a tiny bit larger then the cake. Next, I iced all of the red, leaving room for the windows and windshields. I iced those in silver (a matte grey color?) After it had all crusted over I iced on details in black, white and yellow. I looked at some pictures on line as a guide...
Oh - and I made sure to cover the board with icing, so you couldn't see the edges. After it was all iced and set up, I hot glued that board (under the actual cake) to a platform of covered foam board. That platform had been hot glued to the covered base board already.
Then I just added the tires by putting some royal icing on the bottoms and backs of each tire and sticking them into place. Like I said, I don't know if that helped much, but there you go. Best of luck with yours... I'm sure it'll be great.
INCREDIBLE!!! im doing one for next monday. i took a break from cakes and im really excited to try one that looks half as good as this!! could you please give me a mini tutorial on how you did this amazing piece!?! PM or [email protected] THANKS!! :D
what are the tires?