3D Finalist 1
Speed is Relative
by Amber Wills · submitted Nov 30, 2015 · 2015 contest
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Description
Here we go again. This is my fourth year entering this exciting competition. Every year I choose a design that I know will challenge me and this one did certainly that. I decided to create these sculpted slow movers with a delicious chocolate buttermilk cake and Swiss meringue buttercream.
With a large dowel cut in four 1" pieces and my trusty hot glue gun, a cake drum and board (cut to size), a central threaded pipe and a flange(I believe that is what it is called, some thick floral wire, cling wrap(to cover internal structure for food safety) and a little imagination I built the support.
And then... I baked, built, stacked, sculpted and then covered the bodies in a 50/50 mix (giving me a longer working time to try and get the details perfect). Once they were sculpted using my new sugar shapers (thanks Mom) and ready for colour I used petal dusts with vodka and patiently added layers upon layers to try and really get that graphic look. I also built this cake with the perspective of the original design in mind.
My fiancé was excited once they were done because that meant cake eating time. All in all I spent about 25+ hours creating these cuties. Hope they made you smile. Happy caking! Lady Ambrosia
With a large dowel cut in four 1" pieces and my trusty hot glue gun, a cake drum and board (cut to size), a central threaded pipe and a flange(I believe that is what it is called, some thick floral wire, cling wrap(to cover internal structure for food safety) and a little imagination I built the support.
And then... I baked, built, stacked, sculpted and then covered the bodies in a 50/50 mix (giving me a longer working time to try and get the details perfect). Once they were sculpted using my new sugar shapers (thanks Mom) and ready for colour I used petal dusts with vodka and patiently added layers upon layers to try and really get that graphic look. I also built this cake with the perspective of the original design in mind.
My fiancé was excited once they were done because that meant cake eating time. All in all I spent about 25+ hours creating these cuties. Hope they made you smile. Happy caking! Lady Ambrosia
