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post #91 of 156
9/7/07 at 6:46am
Oh, I know how easy that is! I was going to another dummy on Monday, but have been cleaning/organizing my garage all week instead. LOL!
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post #92 of 156
9/7/07 at 7:28am
I've been making dummies like a madman, I'm just over a week away from my first wedding show as a cake person. Feeling the need to not only show that I can do it, but also get ideas out there, ya know?

Yesterday, I did my first topsy turvy cake. Purple, Turquoise, Lime Green, bright orange, and hot pink. I don't know what to call it, aside from my "mad hatter acid trip cake". LOL! Loads of fun.. hoping it's not too "out there" for my area / the show.
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post #93 of 156
9/7/07 at 7:53am
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Originally Posted by FlowerGirlMN

I've been making dummies like a madman, I'm just over a week away from my first wedding show as a cake person. Feeling the need to not only show that I can do it, but also get ideas out there, ya know?

Yesterday, I did my first topsy turvy cake. Purple, Turquoise, Lime Green, bright orange, and hot pink. I don't know what to call it, aside from my "mad hatter acid trip cake". LOL! Loads of fun.. hoping it's not too "out there" for my area / the show.

There's a new name for a colorful cake....lmao.
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post #94 of 156
9/10/07 at 12:37pm
OK! Finally got back to this dummy!

Here's where I'm at right now. Ran out of RI, and I don't have a big enough dummy for the bottom layer *, so I have to wait till hubby gets back from work (I live an hour away from the cake place, am making him pick up more dummies on the way home) before I can get going on it more.
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post #95 of 156
9/10/07 at 12:41pm
Ugh, it sent before I could finish. Anyway, ya... gonna work on it more later, hope to finish tomorrow so I have a good pic in my portfolio for Sunday.

As for the *.. I'm sort of dumb. I BOUGHT a 14" for the bottom round.. and then accidently covered THAT instead of a 12" when I was doing my marathon of dummy making this weekend. Grabbed it when I did my snowflakes cake, which was supposed to be temporary.. DH and I TOTALLY fell in love with that one and decided it would be a "permanent" dummy... so now I need a new 14". Sigh. LOL. I've never gone through so much styrofoam in my life!
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post #96 of 156
9/10/07 at 12:50pm
Looks really good so far! Great job. icon_smile.gif

Can't wait to see the final pics.
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post #97 of 156
9/10/07 at 3:43pm
Whew! Ya know, I only used RI for the first time on Saturday, and I'm LOVING it... but holy crap, my wrist is KILLING me! Is this normal?

Here's the update so far. Got the bad news that the cake store isn't open on Mondays, so no 14" bottom round.. EEK. Gonna end up having to go tomorrow and do this as a last minute thing.

Whole lot of white on there.. can't wait to see it after I paint it!
LL
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post #98 of 156
9/10/07 at 3:49pm
You can thin down your RI a bit if it is hurting your wrist. If it is already as thin as it can go and still work for you, just use a lot less in the bag and refill more often. But yes, all in all, RI does a lot bigger number on the wrist than BC. Great looking cake!
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post #99 of 156
9/10/07 at 6:54pm
Wow! That's looking awesome! Hurry up and finish it - I'm dying to see! icon_biggrin.gif
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post #100 of 156
9/10/07 at 9:21pm
Thats a great cake so far. You should get some nice notice with the colors and shape. I did a cake show once and I stood back and noticed, the people who got a lot of attention had great topsy turveys and other shaped cakes on display. The only thing is, be prepared to answer the question "How much will this cake cost me?" LOL O lord... I know what you REALLY want to answer is "$5,000" after cutting through all that styrofoam

Let us know how your cake show goes, ok?

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post #101 of 156
9/11/07 at 5:03am
I'm thinking I'd do it for $10/slice?

It'll be about 2 hours on the styrofoam (a bit less so far, accounting for the 14" I still have to do today).. and between making the fondant and the RI decorating so far, I've spent about another 4 hours. Am guessing another hour in RI, and then probably several for the painting.. and maybe another hour for the top. I'm not doing the stupid chalice thing, I'm doing a gold tiara.
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post #102 of 156
9/11/07 at 8:50am
Yeah for detail like that, $10 a slice is a good price it seems like. I say go with it thumbs_up.gif
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post #103 of 156
9/11/07 at 12:16pm
Oh my GOD. The painting is taking forever, and it's SO fussy!!! I change my mind - $12-15 / slice. Good lord.

I think it would have made more sense to pipe out the stuff that was to be gold first, paint it, THEN pipe the white stuff and paint that. I'm going to start losing hair over this, LOL
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post #104 of 156
9/12/07 at 11:57am
I've never worked with a dummy but I have heard someone uses RKT instead. . . . ? Might be worth a shot if you're in a bind and maybe ingredients are more available than the cake store so far away icon_smile.gif

I have used it for a box lid and just use RI to 'spackle' in the cracks and then cover in fondant, seems to hold it's shape well. . . . Just a thought


can't wait to see the finished cake!
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post #105 of 156
9/12/07 at 12:21pm
LOL, awesome!

I ended up making the drive to the store yesterday. I'm working on the cake in little bits, because the painting is driving me INSANE. I've taken some pretty long "mental health breaks" from it so far.

If I ever get an order for this kinda thing, I'll be figuring a way to make the icing colored/metallic before piping it on. That sounds much more sane.

My painting is a sloppy mess. I'm hoping it's not too obvious at the show - it's not all THAT obvious from a yard or two away.
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