Vehicle Cakes
Fishing Boat
When making a special cake for a birthday I am often asked to recreate the person’s vehicle, but this was the first time I’ve been asked to make the birthday person’s fishing boat! I was working from pictures of the boat – a C-Hawk 25 fishing boat. This was a half yellow/half chocolate cake – I decided to make the front half of the cake yellow, since my yellow cake holds shapes a little better, and the front half had the additional weight of the cabin. The canopy was a bit tricky – i used wire and cardboard to support it, though it was covered in fondant. The customer requested that I include the birthday...
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The Southside Speedway has been a Richmond institution for over 50 years. The owners of the Speedway ordered this cake for their staff to thank them for their hard work this year. It was a small departure from my normal car cakes – normally I have the car sitting up on a platform so that it looks as though it is sitting on wheels. However, this time I based my design on the “Car of Tomorrow” stock car design, which has VERY low clearance. I think I prefer the look of my normal method, but I do think that the design works. I spent a lot of time working on the logo for the Speedway. The “Southside Speedway” text was...
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