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madrobinsThis year she asked for a "Regency Cake." After imagining and discarding any number of things (including the Prince Regent all tricked out in fondant, or a cake with Flaxman architectural drawings) I decided to go for a Wedgewood-inspired cake.
Underneath the fondant there is lemon cake with raspberry filling, and marzipan on the top.
I'm rather pleased with the cameo effect--I don't know who she is (maybe it's Sarah Tolerance in a reflective mood?) but she sat well for me.
I learned some useful things. One: forget what they told me in decorating class: fondant does not have sufficient "ease" so that it will adhere tightly to an octagonal cake without trimming. Next time: don't expect otherwise. Two: next time, rather than cutting the feathery bits out of fondant, draw 'em on in royal icing.
But over all I'm pretty happy with the cake. And, happily, so was![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jonquil, who says she "got a big stupid grin on her face" when she opened the box. While I cannot imagine so intelligent a woman with a "stupid" grin, still--that's kind of the response I wanted.
Underneath the fondant there is lemon cake with raspberry filling, and marzipan on the top.
I'm rather pleased with the cameo effect--I don't know who she is (maybe it's Sarah Tolerance in a reflective mood?) but she sat well for me.
I learned some useful things. One: forget what they told me in decorating class: fondant does not have sufficient "ease" so that it will adhere tightly to an octagonal cake without trimming. Next time: don't expect otherwise. Two: next time, rather than cutting the feathery bits out of fondant, draw 'em on in royal icing.
But over all I'm pretty happy with the cake. And, happily, so was
jonquil, who says she "got a big stupid grin on her face" when she opened the box. While I cannot imagine so intelligent a woman with a "stupid" grin, still--that's kind of the response I wanted.