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post #1 of 9
5/8/12 at 2:58pm
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I've attached a picture of a cake that I love!! But I have absolutely no idea how this cake was made. Have any of you done this type of cake before or know how to do this??? Any help will be appreciated!!
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post #2 of 9
5/8/12 at 6:36pm
I too have a birch bark tree cake to do too and have been wondering the same thing. I would love to read what others have to say.

I bought some black dusting powder and a light brown one but that is as far as I have gotten.
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post #3 of 9
5/9/12 at 9:38am
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anyone??
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post #4 of 9
5/11/12 at 8:30pm
I'm thinking a dark brown or black base icing, then fondant over it and slashed gently with a knife to expose the dark underneath. Or do the slashes after rolling it out but before covering the cake -- though the heart would probably stretch out of shape doing that.

this is just thinking out loud, never actually tried anything like that....
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post #5 of 9
5/12/12 at 3:30am
to me it looks like it is simply dark fondant that has been cut and shaped and then a large dry brush has been used to cover it in lustre dust or something like that so that it only sticks to the sticky-out bits and doesn't colour the indents.

I have never done this; it's just my opinion from the pic!
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post #6 of 9
5/12/12 at 4:26am
There is another forum with this cake. If you search you may find it.
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http://m.facebook.com/Edible.Elegance.cakes.Zimbabwe
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73178569@N05/
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Life is short. If there was ever a moment to follow your passion and do something that matters to you, that moment is now. -quotebites.com

http://m.facebook.com/Edible.Elegance.cakes.Zimbabwe
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73178569@N05/
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post #7 of 9
5/12/12 at 6:51pm
If you look for a forum on here titled "How to Make Birch Bark on a Cake" you'll find some good references for doing bark on a cake.
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post #8 of 9
2/6/13 at 11:38am

Did you manage to get the effect you desired for this cake?  I've recently had someone send me this exact picture asking me to make this for their wedding, I'm slightly nervous as I have no idea what so ever how I'm going to achieve this effect without looking terrible - there are some really bad copies out there :(

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post #9 of 9
4/11/13 at 5:22pm
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Did u figure out how to do this cake?
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