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Springfield Still Life
by Kimmy Moore · submitted Aug 16, 2010 · 2010 contest
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Baking has always been my passion, but just recently I’ve been trying to dive into the realm of cake decorating, and I figured this contest was a good way to get some practice with no pressure! When I first saw this shirt when it was released (and instantly bought it for my boyfriend who knows every Simpsons episode by heart) I immediately saw it as a cake so I was super excited for the next threadcake contest.
The entire process took about three days, and it’s made up of an olive oil pound cake, some rice krispie treats, crumb-coated with a swiss meringue buttercream and covered it with marshmallow fondant. The only supports used were in Marge and Lisa, so most of it is completely edible.
Couch – carved out of an entire loaf of pound cake; the arms, back and cushions are built up with buttercream and after refrigerating it for about an hour, it was covered in fondant. My boyfriend painted all of the accents with black food coloring.
Maggie – totally the easiest of the characters to create. I cheated a bit and traced her from the shirt. Carved, crumb coated, covered, little fondant bow, it all adds up to an adorable Maggie pillow!
Homer – another incredibly simple one to make. Just carved him out of the pound cake, and his handles were attached with a little drop of water and painted black.
Lisa – after carving her from pound cake, we covered her in fondant and let her rest in the refrigerator on top of a food coloring container. When the fondant got a little harder, her skirt was cut with regular ol’ kitchen scissors. Her pearls were held together with a toothpick and stuck into her bottom, the base was made with rice krispies, and her “body” was just a dowel covered in yellow fondant.
Bart – a simple little rectangle, we used the same technique as we did with Lisa and cut his spikes once the fondant had been refrigerated for a while. His fireworks and dynamite are all fondant as well.
Marge – I don’t think I’ll ever enjoy watching Marge’s character again, simply because she was so difficult to make. Shaping her hair was fairly simple (done with rice krispies) and her base was easy enough to make out of the pound cake, but we must’ve tried at least 5 times to drape her fondant hair. After each try, the fondant became increasingly drier so it was incredibly difficult. We eventually stopped trying to drape it and just rolled it on, but that left a big seam and texturing her was really difficult. I think she turned out pretty well but there are definitely some things that I’ll be changing in my technique next time. Hindsight is always 20/20, right?
Overall, I’m pretty pleased with how it came out. Definitely a learning experience, and I wish I had more time to work on other threadcakes but hey, there’s always next year! I forgot to snap a picture of the consumption, but it was absolutely delicious ?
The entire process took about three days, and it’s made up of an olive oil pound cake, some rice krispie treats, crumb-coated with a swiss meringue buttercream and covered it with marshmallow fondant. The only supports used were in Marge and Lisa, so most of it is completely edible.
Couch – carved out of an entire loaf of pound cake; the arms, back and cushions are built up with buttercream and after refrigerating it for about an hour, it was covered in fondant. My boyfriend painted all of the accents with black food coloring.
Maggie – totally the easiest of the characters to create. I cheated a bit and traced her from the shirt. Carved, crumb coated, covered, little fondant bow, it all adds up to an adorable Maggie pillow!
Homer – another incredibly simple one to make. Just carved him out of the pound cake, and his handles were attached with a little drop of water and painted black.
Lisa – after carving her from pound cake, we covered her in fondant and let her rest in the refrigerator on top of a food coloring container. When the fondant got a little harder, her skirt was cut with regular ol’ kitchen scissors. Her pearls were held together with a toothpick and stuck into her bottom, the base was made with rice krispies, and her “body” was just a dowel covered in yellow fondant.
Bart – a simple little rectangle, we used the same technique as we did with Lisa and cut his spikes once the fondant had been refrigerated for a while. His fireworks and dynamite are all fondant as well.
Marge – I don’t think I’ll ever enjoy watching Marge’s character again, simply because she was so difficult to make. Shaping her hair was fairly simple (done with rice krispies) and her base was easy enough to make out of the pound cake, but we must’ve tried at least 5 times to drape her fondant hair. After each try, the fondant became increasingly drier so it was incredibly difficult. We eventually stopped trying to drape it and just rolled it on, but that left a big seam and texturing her was really difficult. I think she turned out pretty well but there are definitely some things that I’ll be changing in my technique next time. Hindsight is always 20/20, right?
Overall, I’m pretty pleased with how it came out. Definitely a learning experience, and I wish I had more time to work on other threadcakes but hey, there’s always next year! I forgot to snap a picture of the consumption, but it was absolutely delicious ?