I know most of you use silcone molds . I have a question and hoping
someone could possibly answer it. I have been searching for a Shrek cake pan but with no luck. I have a relative who is an artist specializing in fx special effects. I was wondering is it possible to make a sculpture and ultimately make a cake pan mold.

Thanks a bunch!
Kelley

Wow, never tried this. I am assuming you mean to make a silicone mold shaped like Shrek and used for actually baking the cake? First it would have to be food safe silicone and then it would have to withstand temperatures of over 300 degrees. It would have to be strong enough to hold it's shape when you add the batter, and deep enough to allow the cake to rise. Sounds like a real project, let us know if you decide to try it and how it came out.

We Found a fda silcone for baking use. Smoothon.com Smooth-Sil Platinum 940. I 'll update when My cousin gets back from the show he's working on in Eygpt .

Kelley

That would require quite an investment for something you could not sell. Shrek is one of the licensed characters you cannot use in a business, only for home/personal use.

I make a lot of silicone molds. The smooth-on is great. It has to be platinum silicone all the other kinds cause cancer. Pricey but great. You just need to cure your mold in the oven before using it.
Once you make it you can use it in the freezer for ice or jello etc etc. Great stuff but pricey for a one off use.

www.kincaellan.com

I am only interested in making a cake for my daughter's birthday. I know it's a bit expensive for that. My cousin also gets a business discount and I wanted him to be able make the sculpture part of it because he won't be around Keegan's birthday. I'm really surprised that Disney or Universal studios doesn't have one. Thanks for for wisdom! I'm so impressed with this site for all the great talented and helpful people!

Kelley

Kelley,

Have you thought about just baking in regular pans and carving the cake? Are you wanting to do his whole body or just the head? I think that the head would be easier you could do like a bas-relief style. I haven't tried this (shrek) before but I have tried a similar concept and I think it could work - Enlarge a picture of Shreks head on a photocopier or with your computer. Cut around the shape and place it over your cake and cut around it with a knife. If you are confident enough you could then either

a) Cover the cake with marzipan (or an initial layer of fondant) and then build up the features nose, mouth etc and then cover the whole thing with a layer of fondant smoothing around the features as you cover it or

b) Cover in green (shrek coloured) layer of fondant and then add his features with fondant eyes, nose etc would need to be neat around the joins ie. where nose meets skin etc.

Make his ears out of gumpaste or fondant with a hardener added (Gum Trag or tylose etc) Stick a piece of dry spaghetti in them with a fair bit sticking out and then use the spaghetti to hold it to the head.

If that is too much fussing you could just do his face flat and pipe on the facial features or do a FBCT.

HTH