Birds Nest Cake

Decorating By louglou Updated 25 Nov 2019 , 5:14pm by louglou

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louglou Posted 20 Nov 2019 , 11:06pm
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How would you ice a cake to look like a birds nest? Buttercream piped like twigs or smoothed and then forked? Or fondant rolled out into twigs? Or chocolate shards? I can’t decide which would look most realistic. 

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SandraSmiley Posted 21 Nov 2019 , 12:22am
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Probably fondant rolled into twigs would look more realistic, but you could also use the tiny, stick pretzels or chocolate shards.

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MerMadeBakedGoods Posted 21 Nov 2019 , 4:29am
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You can use Pocky sticks...

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kakeladi Posted 21 Nov 2019 , 6:53pm
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I'm a b'cream person - I'd pipe lines over and over - might try w/tip 233 but I think that the 'strings' will be too thin so probably have to use something like a # 4 or 5.

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louglou Posted 21 Nov 2019 , 7:55pm
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I think buttercream would have been good but I ended up doing fondant which was very easy. 

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-K8memphis Posted 21 Nov 2019 , 8:38pm
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i think I would do a combination of fried crispy chow main noodles (do they still come in a can?) and stick pretzels with the salt speckles rubbed off — dipped in choco

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-K8memphis Posted 21 Nov 2019 , 8:40pm
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but yeah — buttercream piped is easier

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-K8memphis Posted 21 Nov 2019 , 8:52pm
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so what would happen is — i’d eat the chow mein* noodles and pretzels while I piped — slurp slurp

yum

*autocorrect got me in my other post — 

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SandraSmiley Posted 22 Nov 2019 , 2:57pm
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bump

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-K8memphis Posted 25 Nov 2019 , 11:54am
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hey — meet up over at “keep calm and cake on” fb page 

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louglou Posted 25 Nov 2019 , 12:11pm
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Thanks k8memphis. I’ll see you over there. 

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-K8memphis Posted 25 Nov 2019 , 5:06pm
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yay!!

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-K8memphis Posted 25 Nov 2019 , 5:07pm
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I wanna see your nest cake!!

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louglou Posted 25 Nov 2019 , 5:14pm
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Oh, I thought you’d seen it on my pigeon cake post. Here it is:

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