3D Finalist
Next Legend
by Paul Redmond · submitted Nov 4, 2013 · 2013 contest
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Description
The hardest part of entering Threadcakes can be deciding on which of the fabulous deigns to pick. This is particularly hard for the 3D section and because internal supports aren't encouraged. I loved this design so it was just a matter of having to work out how to turn it into cake.
I used my own recipe of chocolate biscuit cake. This is my most popular cake and I knew it would hold the shape. I added modelling chocolate fins and features before covering it in sugarpaste. I used flowerpaste for the fins and teeth for extra stability. Then I marked in some more details before heading to bed.
I woke up the next morning to see that the heavy (and too large) tail had decided to go for a swim on its own, so I replaced it with a flowerpaste one which I edible glued on. Then I marked in all the sketch lines from the T-shirt design and added some airbrushed shading.
The first trick with the cake is that the cakeboard (a small piece of wood) is suspended midway up the backboard (a piece of sugarpaste covered MDF) This gives the impression that the shark is in mid-air without the need for any internal supports. The second trick is that I then inserted pieces of clear fishing line for the piping gel to drip on to. I finished off the cake by piping on the piping gel colours.
A local fishing tackle shop had kindly given me the fishing line and I couldn't think of a better place to eat a shark cake, and so it was devoured amongst all the hooks and bait.
I thoroughly enjoyed the whole process of Threadcakes. I've been threatening to enter for years and am chuffed to see one of my creations amongst the many great works that I've been admiring for so long.
I used my own recipe of chocolate biscuit cake. This is my most popular cake and I knew it would hold the shape. I added modelling chocolate fins and features before covering it in sugarpaste. I used flowerpaste for the fins and teeth for extra stability. Then I marked in some more details before heading to bed.
I woke up the next morning to see that the heavy (and too large) tail had decided to go for a swim on its own, so I replaced it with a flowerpaste one which I edible glued on. Then I marked in all the sketch lines from the T-shirt design and added some airbrushed shading.
The first trick with the cake is that the cakeboard (a small piece of wood) is suspended midway up the backboard (a piece of sugarpaste covered MDF) This gives the impression that the shark is in mid-air without the need for any internal supports. The second trick is that I then inserted pieces of clear fishing line for the piping gel to drip on to. I finished off the cake by piping on the piping gel colours.
A local fishing tackle shop had kindly given me the fishing line and I couldn't think of a better place to eat a shark cake, and so it was devoured amongst all the hooks and bait.
I thoroughly enjoyed the whole process of Threadcakes. I've been threatening to enter for years and am chuffed to see one of my creations amongst the many great works that I've been admiring for so long.
