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Oprah's b'day cake

post #1 of 46
8/28/09 at 9:31am
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Does anyone now how to make the indentations that are in this cake?[/url]
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post #2 of 46
8/28/09 at 10:46am
Are you referring to the "stars" at the intersections of the quilting? Use a ball tool to make an indention at each intersection of the quilting lines. You will have a big X coming out that are the quilting lines. Imagine a clock face (the old-fashioned ones, not digital icon_lol.gif ) and make marks at 12, 3, 6, and 9 with a tool that has a rounded kinda knife-like edge (huh? you want to indent the lines, not cut through the fondant - make sense?). You now have the big long X mark that is part of the quilting and four new lines. Now mark shorter lines between all of those lines and place a pearl or button in the very center. Make your markings and indention in proportion to the center filler that you wish to use thumbs_up.gif
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post #3 of 46
8/28/09 at 11:00am
you know what I think is SOOOO cool about this cake??/ That the big time people that make cakes for OPRAH use the shelf liner from the $ store just like ME lol!!
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post #4 of 46
8/28/09 at 11:04am
Wonder who made it - I notice they used the shelf liner under it!!!!! icon_smile.gif
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post #5 of 46
8/28/09 at 11:05am
LOL- must have typed that at the same time!
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post #6 of 46
8/28/09 at 12:18pm
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thanks ibmoser, i think i will try this on a smaller cake this weekend!
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post #7 of 46
8/28/09 at 12:32pm
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Originally Posted by KHalstead

you know what I think is SOOOO cool about this cake??/ That the big time people that make cakes for OPRAH use the shelf liner from the $ store just like ME lol!!



Just thinking that too icon_biggrin.gif
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post #8 of 46
8/28/09 at 12:35pm
that's an elegant looking cake. i really like that design...makes it look expensive. icon_wink.gif
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post #9 of 46
8/28/09 at 5:17pm
Love that cake!! How cool is that?
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post #10 of 46
8/28/09 at 7:26pm
The indents have "buttons" in the middle - makes it look like a giant quilted pillow! Wonder if there's a tool to make those stars, rather than doing each by hand. Hmmm.
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post #11 of 46
8/28/09 at 7:28pm
The tufting on this cake is awesome! I can't tell if those are real or crazy good gumpaste flowers.
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post #12 of 46
8/29/09 at 9:00am
Ok, so it the fondant just rolled quite a bit thicker to make such an indent, or is the butter cream thicker so the fondant can be pushed into it?
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post #13 of 46
8/29/09 at 12:19pm
I want to know what size it is! It looks huge... maybe 14" or 16"? And so TALL too! It's go to be a least 8" tall right? icon_confused.gif
I'm sure the flowers are gumpaste... amazing gumpaste, but still. I can't see any cake artist making a cake THAT big/impressive, just to top it with fresh flowers. No way. They look a little too perfect to me also. icon_razz.gif
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post #14 of 46
8/29/09 at 1:40pm
I think it's also nice to see a "star" get a cake that you might actually get for your birthday.........you know, under 100 servings and under 6 ft. tall!
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post #15 of 46
8/29/09 at 1:44pm
looking at those stars ...

I wonder if they didn't just use one of these?

old fashioned wooden lemon juicer

http://www.saltandpepper.co.uk/cms_images/product/large_LemonJuicer.jpg
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