Help I Need To Make A Baptism Cake (Cross) ???
Decorating By Yane Updated 22 Jan 2010 , 11:31pm by keystone
I made one just a few weeks back in the Wilton cross pan. There's no way that feeds more than 16 people, though. So, I think you'll have to bake a rectangular cake and carve it into a cross shape. I hope that someone else can suggest what size you'll need to feed 40 people.
How about making a simple two tier cake with a fondant/gumpaste cross on top.
I recently did one, it was a 10 & 8 inch round cakes, with buttercream frosting and a ribbon fondant arount the cakes. It was simple and easy. The cross I made out of fondant/gumpaste, was going to stand at top tier but it broke.
Anyways here's a pic.
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_1547545.html
to make a cross cake.. without using the cross pan.. i bake a 9x13x2 cake.. cut it in half long ways.. then cut the other half ... in half.. butt it up to the middle peice.. join together with b/c . had a cake friend to show me this. she worked in a bakery.. she showed this at a club meeting.. then decorate with roses or other flowers, etc. use the shell borders around it.. beautiful.. so the more you need to feed.. use a bigger pan. and adjust it accordingly.. hth.. look at other pic on c/c and get ideas of decorating it.. this way is very simple and easy to do...
I did this cross cake that served 40 from carving a 11X15 I put a collar on the pan to make it 4" high. May be you can do it from a 12X18.
http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1528174
Hope this helps you,
Lomikesa
Thanks !!! OMG your cake is so gorgeous I love it !!!!! Another question is it to dificult to cover a cross cake with fondant? and what's a collar?
No it is not too diffilcut, just need to make sure you don't strech your fondant, Here are some instructions:
1) Collaring your cake pans (making a deeper cake)
http://cakecentral.com/articles/101
2) How to make & cover a cake in MMF
http://cakecentral.com/articles/105/mmf-how-to-decorate-cake-marshmallow-fondant
I hope this helps, if you have any more questions you can PM anytime.
Lomikesa
This is a link to a template for cutting a cross from a sheet cake with no cake loss. It is a really simple way to make a cross. You could adjust the size of the sheet cake for more servings, or you could put the cross on top of a sheet cake. Hope this helps.
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1342628
Hi There, I
I made a sheet cake with carved cross set on top. It covered almost 2/3 of the cake top. It left enough room for writing. The cake is my gallery. Granted, it's one of my first cakes and I was learning how to smooth BC. But, I could picture something very pretty like quilted fondant just on the cross. Maybe do the sheet in one color and the cross in another color. You could do some disco dust or pearls, depending on direction of style. I know you just wanted a cross, but here's another idea. Maybe it would be easier to embellish and then apply a smaller cross cake to the top versus an entire cake cross.
Either way...just have fun!
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