I just received a request for a bar mitzvah cake. I told the customer (who happens to be a teacher's assistant in my son's special ed class) that I would like to try a scroll cake. I've seen photos of cakes where the rolled up scroll portion is three dimensional. I love that look, but I don't know how to make it. The scroll portions would have to be shaped like a 9 inch long tube or 1/2 tube. Any ideas on how I can achieve this look? She does not want fondant, so that's not an option.

The only thing I can come up with is using a 9 inch loaf pan. I can bake 2 loaves, then freeze the cakes. When I take them out of the freezer, I can shave them down so that they are rounded. Does that sound feasible?

Thanks for any suggestions or photos!!!

I don't know if it would work, but maybe you could make a jelly-roll type of cake for the scrolls.

Good luck, and post pictures!

RedPanda

I think this it is usually done with fondant. If it is just to accent the cake, I don't see why your customer would mind. It probably would really give the decorated cake an extra special touch! You could also do it from RI. Just do it in advance on wax paper.
HTH!

Check out Leah's cake page, http://www.geocities.com/mugsisme/page2.html

She has lots of great ideas and some very cool cakes!

I did one for my son's bar mitzvah a long time ago. I made a sheet cake for the body and two 9x13 sheet cakes for the scroll parts. Each 9x13 was cut in half lengthwise, stacked, and carved. The ends stood out a little above and below the body, but that's ok, because it looked like the form around which the "body" is wound. I used pretzel rods for the handles and covered them in buttercream.

I've got a picture of it on my website - cakes.dqd.com Look under Religious Celebrations and scroll down to Torah. Please ignore all the buttercream stars; this cake was made over 20 years ago before I'd ever heard of fondant. I'd use the same basic construction method, though, if I were to make that cake now.

Here's the picture I was talking about. It's made with a jelly roll pan for the scrolls.

Thank you very much for your comments and suggestions! I think the jelly roll idea would probably be the easiest and work best for me. Just have to buy yet ANOTHER cake pan

I will post pics next week!! Thanks again!!

Someone sent me a private message about a different way to make a scroll cake -- like an unopened scroll. Apparently, I clicked delete instead of reply, so I couldn't pm you back.

I like the idea of an unopened scroll, but the cake would be so long that I would have a hard time transporting it. Thank you for the suggestion!!

another way to achieve the scroll part is to bake the cake batter in cleaned out soup or vegetable cans, depending on the size you need