LIMOSINE CAKE

• The cake is on a block of styrofoam to elevate it off the fondant- covered cake board. The curves were formed freehand, taking caution to make both sides the same.
• Airbrushed the fondant-covered board black
• The headlights and side-lights are gumpaste coated with egg white for ‘shine.’
• The grill, hub caps, mirrors, hood ornament, etc were painted with silver dust (Mixed with cooking oil).
• The hood ornament is a lace point.
• The wheels are Oreo cookies covered with gumpaste.
• The tires are gumpaste  marked for tire treads.
• Use caution in creating a cake this big.
• The table must be wide enough to accommodate fondant as it is rolled out.
• This could easily be made using real cakes. Use sheet cakes and dowel them between each 2 layers untill tall enough.

• Use porous type foam dummies so that edges can be rolled. With a gum paste roller, roll top edge so it is smoothly rounded. Also smooth any rough places. Fill in any holes with royal icing, use fine sand paper to smooth if necessary.
• Set dummy on a cardboard the same size as the cake. Secure with royal icing.
• For display, use a sturdy, FDA foil* wrapped cake board which is 3 inches larger than the dummy. Two or more, cardboard’s can be used, depending on cake size and weight. Secure cardboard circles to cake dummy with pearl-headed pins* or flat-headed nails. Or you may use a foil-covered wooden board cut to size.
• Use piping gel for the sticky glaze. Never use an over abundance of piping gel or glaze. Continue as for a real cake.
• Note that, with show cakes, (just like with real ones), you should do ribbon insertion, leather tooling or crimping at once. (Doing these after fondant has dried too much causes fondant to crack.) You can still add “trees” or other items for up to 2 weeks or more.

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