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Tombstone Cake

post #1 of 4
7/14/12 at 3:13am
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I am thinking of making my husband's 40th birthday cake in the form of a standing tombstone. I'd like the tombstone to be made out of cake but am not sure how I would bet it to stand. I know I'd need to potentially use dowels for support but if I sandwich two cakes together - I'm now sure how the dowels are going to help me stabilize it all

Desperate for some help - need to finalise and bake by Friday
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post #2 of 4
7/14/12 at 6:05pm
I don't think that I would try to stand 2 cakes up on their sides. What I would do would be to make lots of layers with support every 4 inches then a couple of dowels all the way through. Kinda like how you make a purse cake. Hope this makes sense. Good luck!
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post #3 of 4
7/15/12 at 8:45pm
I've made several "coffin" cakes for 40th and 50th birthdays. i have a picture of one on here, but not sure how to get it on the forum. you can look under my name though.. auntieju
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post #4 of 4
7/15/12 at 9:00pm
I have a tombstone cake in my Pics; however, the grave is the cake part. My tombstone was made out of gumpaste.
Jessica

"Subtlety is the art of saying what you think and then getting out of range before it is fully understood"
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