communion cake

“DOLORES’ FIRST COMMUNION CAKE”

AT LEFT IS A FIRST COMMUNION CAKE I CREATED AS A PROJECT FOR PROCTOR & GAMBLE IN 1984.
IT IS A 12X18 AND A WILTON CROSS-SHAPED CAKE WITH A SUGAR BIBLE BETWEEN THE TIERS.
DECORATIONS ARE ACCENTED WITH ROYAL ICING DOGWOOD.

*We can no longer get these 'feet'.
Some out-of-the-way small local stores might possibly have them.
I have suggestions for an alternative.
I'm going to leave this cake online in hopes that someone may be able to think of another way.

Dogwood, sugar bible and lace pieces are made ahead and dried overnight.

CAKES: 12x18 pan (2 1/2 mixes) and cross-shaped (1 mix) cakes

NEEDED:

Candy mold for bible #90-8612 (here)

Top ornament (we now have beautiful keepsake ceramic ones HERE)

Colored foil

4-Wilton 9" twist pillars #303-977 and 4 glue-on ‘feet’ (for pillars to fit into)*

1-2” filigree bell

Pans - 1 layer each 12x18 and cross-shaped

Tips 1, 3, 5, 18, 86, 104, 199, 352.

Also 1 batch of Royal & a triple batch of buttercream icings.

COM-2 Jewel Plaque, Church Window - this also is discontinued. You can assemble from Wedding Components.

LACE POINTS: (Instructions)
Pipe desired lace pieces onto wax paper using tip 1 and royal icing.
Lace can also be made in our filigree candy molds using our chocolate.

DOGWOOD FLOWERS (to buy #GDW456) or make your own:

Make the dogwood ahead of time. You COULD make them out of gumpaste if you want them to look super realistic.

Here is the cutter and pictures.

I used royal icing, a 104 tip and piped 4 petals.

As you pipe, start in the center, move out and back in a tiny bit, then back to center. (Resembles a heart shaped petal).

Centers are tiny bubbles of yellow icing piped with a tip.

Let the flowers dry, then using brown food coloring diluted with water to the desired shade, brush the part of each petal where you moved back in and out.

Or we carry these too.

TO ASSEMBLE: Cut a cardboard 4” bigger than the cross cake.

Place the 12x18 cake on (2) 24x17” cardboards.

Ice cakes.

*Glue the ‘feet’ onto the cross-shaped cardboard where desired.

Mark where pillars need to be by pressing the cardboard with the glued-on feet onto the 12x18 to make creases for the pillars.

*We can no longer get these 'feet'. Some out-of-the-way small local stores might possibly have them. I have n suggestions for an alternative. I'm going to leave this cake online in hopes that someone may be able to think of another way.

TO DECORATE: 12x18 CAKE:

Tip199 bottom and side shells

Tip 86 scallops on top edge of cake

Tip 18 top ‘puff’ border

Tip 3 strings and zigzag scallop around base of cake.

CROSS CAKE: Tip 18 bottom border

Cross Pan

Tip 1 cornelli lace

Tip 5 top (bubble) border

Tip 3 inner top (bubble) border; add pre-made lace points before the tip 3 bubble border dries.

Place the ornament on. Add dogwood and tip 352 leaves.

SUGAR BIBLE:

Instructions for sugar molding

Book Mold

Bible writing (date and name) written using tip 1.

Pipe tip 3 black border around book to make it look like a bible.

Place the 2” filigree bell on the cake under the cross and prop the bible on it.

NOTE: Originally I had stairsteps with the cake. But the employees at P & G decided that was too much for them to re-assemble. This picture shows the cake with the stairsteps: (I think this is another cake entirely- I had done it several times).