Fathers Day Cake
This fathers day cake features gumpaste tools atop a chocolate ganache covered cake. This tool cake idea can be used for as a mens cake for a birthday, as well.
Fathers Day Cake Supplies:
- 2-9" cakes
- wax paper
- confectioner's sugar
- rolling pin
- knife
- buttercream icing
- 1 chocolate ganache recipe (found in Icing Recipes section)
- 12" cake board
- metal spatula
- gumpaste
- powdered food coloring in silver
- edible color markers, blue & black
- paintbrush
- clear extract
- paste food coloring, brown,yellow & blue
- cake decorating tips #1,86,199
At least 1 day in advance, prepare gumpaste recipe. I use the recipe found right on Wilton's gumpaste container. Let the gumpaste rest for 8 hours or so in a plastic bag. Knead the
gumpaste out on a surface covered with confectioner's sugar. Keep the portion of gumpaste that you are not using covered. It dries out quickly.
Make the gumpaste tools for the fathers day cake:
Ruler:
gumpaste ruler |
Color a piece of gumpaste with the yellow paste food coloring. Roll out with a rolling pin.Use any rectangular shape object as guide and cut out with knife.Set aside on wax paper to dry.When dry,use black food coloring marker to make it look like a ruler.
Screwdriver:
screwdriver handle |
Color a piece of gumpaste with blue paste food coloring. Roll into a log shape and pinch in one side to duplicate the look of a screwdriver. Use a knife to create the ridges. Roll out a long string of white gumpaste, about 1/4" thick. Cut one end into a point to resemble the phillips screwdriver head. Use a dab of water to attach this piece to the handle. Allow to dry.Use the blue food coloring marker to accentuate the ridges in the screwdriver handle.
Paint the "metal" part of the screwdriver with silver food coloring powder mixed with a little extract.
painting screwdriver |
Hammer:
painting hammer |
Color a palm sized piece of gumpaste brown. Shape into the hammer handle. Use another piece of gumpaste to create the head of the hammer. Attach to the handle with a little water. When
dry,draw on hammer handle with black marker. While still wet, brush on silver food coloring powder over the black marker. This creates a realistic metallic effect.
Nails:
Flatten 3 tiny balls of gumpaste. Roll out a long skinny string of gumpaste. Cut into 3 sections. Pinch the end of each piece into a point.Attach a piece to each nail head. Let dry. Paint with silver food coloring powder.
Place a spot of buttercream icing in the middle of the cake board. Next, place 3 pieces of wax paper on cake board, around the icing spot. Fill and stack 9" cakes on cake board. Frost
with buttercream icing.Pour ganache over cake. When the ganache sets, gently pull out the wax paper from beneath the cake.
Chill remaining ganache.
arrange tools on cake |
Place tools on cake as shown. Write Fathers Day Cake message in between the tools with blue buttercream icing.
cake border |
Scoop chilled ganache into the bowl of an electric mixer. Beat on high 2 - 3 minutes. Place ganache in pastry bag fitted with tip #86. Pipe shell border around the top of the cake. Use
tip #199 to pipe shell border around the base of the cake.
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