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Sad Psycho
by Beth Creed · submitted Aug 11, 2010 · 2010 contest
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Although I encountered numerous difficulties, I had a lot of fun making my Sad Psycho cake.
I started by making a vanilla cake. I then made buttercream icing. I coloured some fondant grey, as a guide for colour I had a netbook on the kitchen bench with the Sad Psycho design open.
I coated the cake in buttercream icing before rolling out the grey fondant. Applying the fondant did not go well. Being the middle of winter here in Australia, I had all the heaters in the house turned on high. I think it was that warmth that caused the fondant to tear and fall apart as I lifted it on to the cake.
I managed to salvage my cake, I warmed and added water to the left over grey fondant to create a paste. I then used the paste to fill in all the cracks and tears. After allowing the fondant paste a couple of hours to dry out, I smoothed the cake as best I could (there are no photos of the disaster, as I was a bit too upset to be concerned about photos).
The next step was rolling out some white fondant to make the sad little guy. After the above incident, I had the foresight to roll out two pieces.
I let the fondant dry out for an hour before sketching using a food dye pen. I used black and red food dye, a paintbrush and some water to paint him. Once complete I used a hobby scalpel to cut him out.
The next part was fun and relieved some of the stress the previous steps caused. I used a small knife to hack and slash at the cake, crumbling one of the corners.
I then made a rather thin, red royal icing, which I used to create splatters, drizzle in to slashes and coat the crumbled corner. The wet royal icing created a much more gruesome effect than I had anticipated, it was actually quite creepy.
I then used water and a brush to apply the Sad little psycho.
I allowed the cake overnight for all the icing to set, before taking it to a friends birthday gathering.
I started by making a vanilla cake. I then made buttercream icing. I coloured some fondant grey, as a guide for colour I had a netbook on the kitchen bench with the Sad Psycho design open.
I coated the cake in buttercream icing before rolling out the grey fondant. Applying the fondant did not go well. Being the middle of winter here in Australia, I had all the heaters in the house turned on high. I think it was that warmth that caused the fondant to tear and fall apart as I lifted it on to the cake.
I managed to salvage my cake, I warmed and added water to the left over grey fondant to create a paste. I then used the paste to fill in all the cracks and tears. After allowing the fondant paste a couple of hours to dry out, I smoothed the cake as best I could (there are no photos of the disaster, as I was a bit too upset to be concerned about photos).
The next step was rolling out some white fondant to make the sad little guy. After the above incident, I had the foresight to roll out two pieces.
I let the fondant dry out for an hour before sketching using a food dye pen. I used black and red food dye, a paintbrush and some water to paint him. Once complete I used a hobby scalpel to cut him out.
The next part was fun and relieved some of the stress the previous steps caused. I used a small knife to hack and slash at the cake, crumbling one of the corners.
I then made a rather thin, red royal icing, which I used to create splatters, drizzle in to slashes and coat the crumbled corner. The wet royal icing created a much more gruesome effect than I had anticipated, it was actually quite creepy.
I then used water and a brush to apply the Sad little psycho.
I allowed the cake overnight for all the icing to set, before taking it to a friends birthday gathering.