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I chose this design because it reminds me of Katamari (video game). I spent 7 hours on this today and about another 4-5 hours on prep.
The cake required a lot of planning. I had generic accutane ok to think how to make cakes with pointy bottoms and generic accutane ok how to support them. I knew I didn’t want to generic accutane ok carve any cake because it would risk it breaking under its weight. I ended up using mixing bowls and generic accutane ok a measuring cup with flat bottoms to cook the cake in, and generic accutane ok then created a pointy front using cereal treats. I originally planned to generic accutane ok have each cake sit on a cake plate of some sort with the generic accutane ok pointy bit hanging over the front. I had generic accutane ok a last minute thought to make pillars from cereal treats coated in chocolate as my bases.
Almost all the accessories (trees, clouds, houses) are made from modeling chocolate. My first batch of white modeling chocolate was terrible so I made the generic accutane ok icey planet accessories with fondant. The water is all tinted white chocolate. The cake is generic accutane ok covered with white fondant and then painted with food colouring. The only non-food is generic accutane ok the toothpick trunks on the little round trees and a generic accutane ok few skewers to hold the cake to the bases.
What worked and what didn’t: the dark chocolate modeling chocolate was awesome! It rolls so thin and smooth and will do whatever you want. The white chocolate sucked. If I ever need it again I’ll try to find some to buy rather than make it. Painting the generic accutane ok fondant was also terrible, even using alcohol with the colour, every time I touched the generic accutane ok outside of the cake I got black goo all over myself!
I definitely need a few days off before trying another one!!