Horn Of Plenty Cake

Decorating By kmcguire Updated 9 Nov 2014 , 8:41pm by divaessence

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kmcguire Posted 23 Nov 2005 , 6:38am
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Here is a Horn of Plenty cake I made tonight for Thanksgiving. The basket is royal icing. The cake is dark chocolate with buttercream. The pumpkins are ding-dongs covered with buttercream. The grapes are hollow gum paste. The leaves are buttercream and gumpaste. The corn is chocolate cake with buttercream.
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tripletmom Posted 23 Nov 2005 , 6:44am
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Beautiful! How did you mold the horn? Must have taken you forever!

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dandelion Posted 23 Nov 2005 , 6:46am
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wow! you should enter it in the thanksgiving contest icon_lol.gif

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mudpie Posted 23 Nov 2005 , 6:51am
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Yes..enter it in the contest. WOW....I can see light through the weave..really looks like a woven basket. Good job..no, great job!

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llee815 Posted 23 Nov 2005 , 6:53am
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Wow! I saw your post under Thanksgiving desserts and was wondering what was edible! Great job!

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Randa_000 Posted 23 Nov 2005 , 7:17am
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what a great looking cake, how did you mold that?

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gma1956 Posted 23 Nov 2005 , 3:22pm
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This is such a great cake. I love it. It is very professional. I am in awe.
Thanks for making this cake. This is the kind of cake that inspires me.

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gma1956 Posted 23 Nov 2005 , 3:24pm
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I was just showing your picture to my Mother. I would love to know how you did that basket.

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lotsoftots Posted 23 Nov 2005 , 3:31pm
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Remarkable! That sure looks like a real wicker cornucopia--I can't imagine trying to get royal to behave like that! Fantastic work!

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kmcguire Posted 23 Nov 2005 , 3:32pm
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Thank you all for your kind words.

Here is how I did it ........ Ken

for the basket:
I fastened blocks of green styrofoam together with dowels, then shaped them by carving with a serated knife then sanded them smooth. I marked where my main lines would be using a black marker. I then took it apart and covered the individual sections with clear plastic sheet cut from food bags and taped down. I piped the basketweave onto the plastic using the marks as a guide. For this you use royal icing. Once the indiidual parts are dry you remove them from the mold and fasten them together with some of the roysl icing. Its easier than it sounds.

for the pumpkins:
I bought Hostes Ding-Dongs. then piped buttercream onto them. Smoothed the crevases using a soft bristle brush.

for the grapes:
I used gumpaste. I made them hollow by trapping a little air and then working it thinner and thinner. (small success rate.)

for the corn:
I piped butter cream corn onto pieces of cake trimmings using a #7 tip.

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Lisa Posted 23 Nov 2005 , 3:33pm
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Amazing...thanks for the how to thumbs_up.gif

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Jenc95 Posted 24 Nov 2005 , 2:02am
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THis is truely amazing!! You are very creative!

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SquirrellyCakes Posted 24 Nov 2005 , 6:36am
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Wow, that is truly incredible. Looks so real, absolutely perfect, the basket and the food. Looks so realistic, this is impressive work. Gee, that is absolutely the most amazing basket I have ever seen!
Hugs Squirrelly

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MrsMissey Posted 24 Nov 2005 , 3:03pm
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OMG..that is gorgeous and I was sure that the basket was real! Congrats and thanks for sharing that info!

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rengirl1978 Posted 25 Nov 2005 , 4:39am
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Wow! That is amazing!

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ge978 Posted 25 Nov 2005 , 5:25am
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That is absolutely breathtaking....it looks so real!!

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havenleigh Posted 25 Nov 2005 , 8:16am
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Truly amazing!!!!!!!!! I would have loved to have a centerpiece like that for our thanksgiving dinner. icon_cry.gif Thank you for the how to post. I can't say I would attempt to try it now, being a newbie, but maybe next year. lol. You are exceptionally talented!!! Hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving.

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boween Posted 28 Nov 2005 , 12:03pm
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I agree enter this in the contest!!! And you did an amazing job, I love the basket!! I don't really do any work with royal icing I need too!

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divaessence Posted 9 Nov 2014 , 8:41pm
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