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My Father Was A Sailor
by Christy Rogowski @christy633 · submitted Aug 16, 2010 · 2010 contest
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Description
I found "My Father Was a Sailor & My Mother, a Quilter" when I was searching through all of the designs to choose from. I liked it right away, and after I read the artists description, I knew it was the one to choose! I recommend reading the story!
I started by baking the cakes - 12" round coconut, 12" round cherry, and a 6" round of banana. Mmmmm. I whipped up some buttercream and some royal icing as well! I stacked the two 12" rounds and cut them in half, one half was the bottom and the other half was placed on top in an arc shape. Some of the bottom tier was cut off to create a second arc on top.
After the cakes were made, the detailed work began! I made the rocking chairs from gumpaste, let them dry for two days, and glued the pieces together with royal icing. I "stained" the chairs with thinned out brown royal icing. I also started the gumpaste people so they could dry.
The boat was next - this was created from the 6" banana cake, covered in buttercream and fondant. The boat was also "stained" with the royal icing. The border and point of the boat was all gumpaste, including the tiny pineapple flag.
The sails were next because I knew this would be the most challenging and detailed. Each square of the quilted sail was different and there were almost 100 of them! The squares were made of gumpaste, glued together with royal icing, and the details were either fondant or painted on with a food coloring and vodka mixture. The support for the sails was all edible - this was gumpaste that I let dry for three days.
I created the cake next, covered it in buttercream, and then fondant. The clouds and waves were made of gumpaste. The edges were painted and the little dashed lines were created with the little gumpaste tool with the wheel (thank goodness for this!) The cake board was covered in royal icing for more waves.
Everything was set up, entirely edible and ready to go! I loved the end result. Let's not forget the cake - it was delicious! I had a hard time cutting this one up. I totally saved the sails and people - it was just too much work to toss out! For everything, this cake took me about a week to complete, all weeknights and most of the weekend. Thanks to Jay for letting me make a complete disaster of the kitchen and helping me out!
I started by baking the cakes - 12" round coconut, 12" round cherry, and a 6" round of banana. Mmmmm. I whipped up some buttercream and some royal icing as well! I stacked the two 12" rounds and cut them in half, one half was the bottom and the other half was placed on top in an arc shape. Some of the bottom tier was cut off to create a second arc on top.
After the cakes were made, the detailed work began! I made the rocking chairs from gumpaste, let them dry for two days, and glued the pieces together with royal icing. I "stained" the chairs with thinned out brown royal icing. I also started the gumpaste people so they could dry.
The boat was next - this was created from the 6" banana cake, covered in buttercream and fondant. The boat was also "stained" with the royal icing. The border and point of the boat was all gumpaste, including the tiny pineapple flag.
The sails were next because I knew this would be the most challenging and detailed. Each square of the quilted sail was different and there were almost 100 of them! The squares were made of gumpaste, glued together with royal icing, and the details were either fondant or painted on with a food coloring and vodka mixture. The support for the sails was all edible - this was gumpaste that I let dry for three days.
I created the cake next, covered it in buttercream, and then fondant. The clouds and waves were made of gumpaste. The edges were painted and the little dashed lines were created with the little gumpaste tool with the wheel (thank goodness for this!) The cake board was covered in royal icing for more waves.
Everything was set up, entirely edible and ready to go! I loved the end result. Let's not forget the cake - it was delicious! I had a hard time cutting this one up. I totally saved the sails and people - it was just too much work to toss out! For everything, this cake took me about a week to complete, all weeknights and most of the weekend. Thanks to Jay for letting me make a complete disaster of the kitchen and helping me out!
