I've seen some amazing hamburger/cheeseburger cakes on this site. I was thinking about trying one of these this week and was wondering if someone could let me know what color they used to get the "bun" color. Is it just brown? Can anyone give me a short tutorial on how to assemble such a cake?--I would really appreciate it. TIA

For my bun colour, I just made regular icing and then added some cocoa to get it a bit brown. I also added some golden yellow colour to it to give it more of a bun colour than just brown.

To assemble it, just put the bottom bun layer, then the burger layer, then all your toppings and then the top bun...it's so simple!

I was amazed at how easy it was to do this cake and it looks so impressive too.

Thanks for your help. I love your cheeseburger cake in your photos--for the burger patty--is that chocolate cake without icing?
I just love the fries you added--they are a nice touch.

Yes, it's just chocolate cake. I did the bun parts in French Vanilla and iced them and then the burger is chocolate cake. The onions, tomatoes and cheese are mmf and the lettuce is icing. I made the fries from the humps of the vanilla cakes.

acgref,
hope you don't mind me asking another question--how did you make the top bun--was it carved out of a double layer cake 8"? 9"? or did u do it some other way?
TIA, I appreciate your help.

I used half of the sports ball pan for the top bun. The bottom bun and burger were done in a 6" round pan.

If you want to make a bigger hamburger you can use a stainless steel bowl for your top bun.

I have two cakes in my photos and I have learned something with both cakes. I wrote to someone who used a stainless steel pan before and she gave me some pointers. Make sure you use a flower nail or a cake plug to ensure that your cake bakes thoroughly. I used an 8" round pan and my 8" stainless steel bowl for my 2nd cheeseburger cake. I also baked my hamburger patty in a 9" round pan. Next time I will bake the top bun in my bigger stainless steel pan.

I also have the sports ball pan, but I needed my cake to feed more people.

The cheese is the only fondant item on my cakes. I want to improve the look of the ketchup and mustard.

These cakes are a lot of fun, so have fun and be creative with your condiments.

darkchocolate

Heres my 2 cents, I made a 12" cake 2 layers, frosted in buttercream, fooled with the jel colors to get a light tan, built up area in center with icing, smoothed with viva, then airbrushed a bit with ivory airbrush color.
The hamburger was a brownie mix that I crumbled and mixed with frosting and then "pattied" it out. Cheese, lettuce, tomatoe are mmf. This is a easy cake to do.
Helen