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post #16 of 17
9/28/12 at 3:15pm
Angie, your cake is darling! Thanks for sharing.

hula1974~~I made a buttercream hexagon cake for an elementary school teacher. It is the perfect way to have 6 distinct panels for each birthday. This cake was made using the Wilton 12"x2" hexagon pan. I used three, 2" high layers. The finished cake was 12" x 6". The Wilton wedding serving chart says that a 12" hexagon pan that is 4"-6" tall serves 40. (The cake will not serve 40 if you cut a wedge as shown in my photos below.)

Using the 6" height provides a nice square shape for each hexagon. If you only make it 4" tall, the shapes will be rectangular.

I used a 16" ceramic tile from Home Depot as my base. I covered the tile with fondant and put a 1/4" ribbon around the edge. I also put foam "feet" on the scratchy bottom part of the tile so it would not scratch any surfaces.

Here are different views of the same cake:

http://christinascakes.shutterfly.com/pictures/311
http://christinascakes.shutterfly.com/pictures/311#313
http://christinascakes.shutterfly.com/pictures/311#314
http://christinascakes.shutterfly.com/pictures/311#312
http://christinascakes.shutterfly.com/pictures/311#310
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post #17 of 17
10/1/12 at 8:18am
I had this same dilemma having to do a family cake for 12 people. I did the Hex cakes, and it worked great. The hard part was trying to find a unifying color as I didn't want a white background. I chose green...
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