How do I make a closed book cake? Can I do it with buttercream or is it better to use fondant? (i have only worked with fondant a few times and never covered a cake)
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how to make a closed book cake? need help!
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8/18/08 at 8:36am
I've done it with buttercream:
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1154318
This was a 9x13 cut in half and stacked. I frosted the pages part first, then the parts for the cover. I used a round tip to do the edges of the cover for the overhang.
Hope this helps!
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1154318
This was a 9x13 cut in half and stacked. I frosted the pages part first, then the parts for the cover. I used a round tip to do the edges of the cover for the overhang.
Hope this helps!
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8/18/08 at 11:30am
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the books were easy just time consuming. a thick piece of white scored fondant with the lines was placed on the 3 sides for the pages. the spine and top cover were one piece. i added a TON of tylose to the colored fondant. rolled it out just under 1/4 inch thick. let it set up some before i put it on the cake. go no more than 1/4 inch over the top edge of the cake or cover will droop. I propped the corners up with viva for a while so they would not droop. the bottm "cover" is just strips (1/4 inch wide) applied along the bottom white part of the pages.
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4/29/10 at 8:21pm
Sugarshack, is this the cake you're talking about? http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1222803
To find "THE RECIPE LINKS ARE HERE" thread, click on "Forums", then "Recipes" and it's the first sticky. Latest updates are on (the bottom of) page 10 here: http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopic-625803-135.html
To find "THE RECIPE LINKS ARE HERE" thread, click on "Forums", then "Recipes" and it's the first sticky. Latest updates are on (the bottom of) page 10 here: http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopic-625803-135.html
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4/29/10 at 8:27pm
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yes bob!
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6/23/11 at 6:43am
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Beautiful cake Sugar shack! Question for you though.... you description makes perfect sense to me for the bottom cake but is the top cake done in the exact same way? I wonder about what support the 1/4 strip that you add to look like the back cover of the top book. Is it just attached to "pages" and it sticks? kind of hovering?
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6/23/11 at 6:56am
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Beautiful cake Sugar shack! Question for you though.... you description makes perfect sense to me for the bottom cake but is the top cake done in the exact same way? I wonder about what support the 1/4 strip that you add to look like the back cover of the top book. Is it just attached to "pages" and it sticks? kind of hovering?
Beautiful cake Sugar shack! Question for you though.... you description makes perfect sense to me for the bottom cake but is the top cake done in the exact same way? I wonder about what support the 1/4 strip that you add to look like the back cover of the top book. Is it just attached to "pages" and it sticks? kind of hovering?
Thought I would jump in here since I just did my first book cake last week. To answer your question, the strip *does* kinda hover. I propped it up with a skewer to dry but next time I think I will add a bit of gumpaste for strength.
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6/23/11 at 7:05am
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Awesome thanks!
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6/23/11 at 7:37am
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There ia alittle description of how i made these,hope it helps. I cut the panels seperately and let them dry for a while (half a day),its fondant and gumpaste.I covered the white pages first with a strip and scored it with a fork.
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6/23/11 at 7:40am
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If you let them dry for 1/2 day does it not crack/tear when you fold it for the binding edge?
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6/23/11 at 10:02am
Here is a tutorial I found because I have to make one as well, but have not tried it yet.
http://thefrostedcakencookie.blogspot.com/2009/05/graduation-cake.html
http://thefrostedcakencookie.blogspot.com/2009/05/graduation-cake.html
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6/23/11 at 10:54am
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Here is a tutorial I found because I have to make one as well, but have not tried it yet.
http://thefrostedcakencookie.blogspot.com/2009/05/graduation-cake.html
Here is a tutorial I found because I have to make one as well, but have not tried it yet.
http://thefrostedcakencookie.blogspot.com/2009/05/graduation-cake.html
Great tutorial, Thanks!
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To keep the edges of the covers from curling as they dry, you could cut a piece of foamcore the size of your 'pages' and put it between the top and bottom cover edge until the fondant dries enough to remain stable.
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