Nordic Ware Train Cake - How To Use Fondant Icing?
Decorating By balletgirl1909 Updated 24 Aug 2013 , 4:45pm by Skirt
I bought a trian shaped nordic ware pan last year and tried to ice it wiht butter cream and it was a disaster. What is the best way to decorated a nordic ware cake to bring out detail. I would like to do it in fondant if possible but cannot find instructions.
Thank you ballet girl
yes i just glazed mine and i stopped there because i liked it--
you could color the glaze
you could color the cake batter in the first place too
but if i wanted to spiff it up more i would prolly spray glazed cakes w/bright pretty colors
and use edible ink markers for some accents
i think the only way fondant would not blot out most of the lovely detail is if you rolled it paper thin and placed it on hot cakes and i've never done that so it might melt right off or bond beautifully
but i've done everything wrong at least once and i haven't done that wrong yet so be forewarned ;)
wonder what a rolled buttercream would do on a warm cake--prolly melt
hey--here's an idea--spray and/or paint naked cakes with color then glaze!
<high five>
i just love this pan though and the castle too
I'd try poured fondant or colored modeling chocolate.
i got my pan sitting right here by the keyboard...so tempting
but i'm out of vanilla...a temporary set back...
i esp wanna try the paint first glaze later method
That's why I don't like character pans because the only thing you can do with them is to use icing and the star tip. I have the stadium Nordic pan and had the same problem. How to decorate it without obliterating the design. Ended up brushing on a clear sugarwater glaze then tossing a lot of colored round jimmies on the sticky cake to resemble audience members in the stand seats.
AFirst attempt: [IMG]http://cakecentral.com/content/type/61/id/2909297/width/200/height/400[/IMG]
I'm not crazy about it. Seems very flat. Poured icing is next
AI molded the cavity of the pan with fondant. It turned out nice but now I have to figure out how to accent/color it [IMG]http://cakecentral.com/content/type/61/id/2909719/width/200/height/400[/IMG]
AI dusted the cavity with corn starch, rolled the fondant out then pressed it in. I let it sit overnight. I trimmed the edges with an Xacto. I gently coaxed it out. Because the cakes retract a bit after cooking, there is room to ice and then place the molded piece of fondant on top. Today I will mold more then try my hand at painting. Did I mention high school art is the one subject I failed?!?
AFinal result. Not ooh la la but not too bad... [IMG]http://cakecentral.com/content/type/61/id/2917190/width/200/height/400[/IMG]
I think they are cute! What was your final method?
AI have used character pans to mold fondant in, and on the outside. It helps greatly!
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I think they are cute! What was your final method?
I hope this helps someone else one day who, like me, is staring blankly at that pan, wondering 'how am I going to do this???' :-)
Thank you for the input! I too was going crazy trying to figure out how to do this, the cake lost a lot of detail when being baked . You should do a you tube video , there is nothing on there .And what there is gives no direction and the cakes aren't appealing to the eye . cyber hugs and high fives to you!!!!!
Your trains turned out cute ,Now I am learning and I am nowhere as good as I'd like to be . I have been at it for 2 years . each time I make a cake I always say its a first , the next time it will be better , I will get faster , and it will get easier . So with that said this is my very 1st train cake ;
AVery nice!!! What is the gravel made of? That is a very realistic train and scene! I really love it :-)
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Did someone mention frosting under the fondant? How does that work?
Your hen covering a cake with fondant, you need something for the Fondant to adhere too (examples: buttercream/frosting-whatever you want to call it or ganache)
Their speaking of sort of a brilliant, backwards way to cover an odd shaped cake by forming the fondant around (or inside) the pan then sticking the cake inside-rather then the 'typical' method of baking, frosting, and covering the cake in fondant.
AI bought chocolate pebbles/rocks. they look great. I have no idea what to use for rails. I can't figure out if I'll be able to decorate the fondant ahead of time before putting on the cakes. If the fondant molds can sit out by themselves without losing form, I can then have the cake molds to bake my cake. Order of things done is posing a dilemma... at least some questions what to do first.
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