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Wii Cake II: Redemption
A year and a half ago, I made a cake in the shape of a Wii. I did this without ever having ACTUALLY SEEN a Wii, and with only general knowledge of how to build a cake (it was my second cake, I think, and the first one after I got home from Korea). It was kind of a train wreck. I ran out of icing. I didn't have black icing dye, so the grey base was really more like puke. I didn't trim the edges, so it wasn't flat and that made it nearly impossible to decorate.
But the cousin I made it for loved it, and his little brother loved it even more, so when I asked him what kind of cake he'd like for his birthday, he requested a Wii Cake. I decided to use the opportunity to improve myself.
This time, I made much more icing. I also used thinner layers of cake, so the cake was eight layers off the base instead of three. I used a piece of cardboard in the middle to give it stability. And I had all the right colours.
Here we are, all constructed (and half iced, actually, though this is obviously the un-iced side). It's still a bit slope-y, thanks to mum's very un-level pans, but it's much more solid than it was the first time!
And here we are all iced and decorated. The internet was down, so I was once again without a picture of a Wii...but I think you get the general idea. ;)
I have no idea why everyone loves the controller so much.
Redemption!
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BONUS CUPCAKES!!!
When "What's New Cupcake?" came out, I went to Chapters and cried when I saw the Chinese Take-Out page. Then I called Rachel and invited myself to her house so we could make them.
SERIOUSLY!
Also, I made a tiny model of the Appa Cake using cake scraps. If I'd had the white icing made at that point, I totally could have done it up, but I didn't, and I ate it before I did. ;) But you get the general shape.
*hearts cake*
But the cousin I made it for loved it, and his little brother loved it even more, so when I asked him what kind of cake he'd like for his birthday, he requested a Wii Cake. I decided to use the opportunity to improve myself.
This time, I made much more icing. I also used thinner layers of cake, so the cake was eight layers off the base instead of three. I used a piece of cardboard in the middle to give it stability. And I had all the right colours.
Here we are, all constructed (and half iced, actually, though this is obviously the un-iced side). It's still a bit slope-y, thanks to mum's very un-level pans, but it's much more solid than it was the first time!
And here we are all iced and decorated. The internet was down, so I was once again without a picture of a Wii...but I think you get the general idea. ;)
I have no idea why everyone loves the controller so much.
Redemption!
+++
BONUS CUPCAKES!!!
When "What's New Cupcake?" came out, I went to Chapters and cried when I saw the Chinese Take-Out page. Then I called Rachel and invited myself to her house so we could make them.
SERIOUSLY!
Also, I made a tiny model of the Appa Cake using cake scraps. If I'd had the white icing made at that point, I totally could have done it up, but I didn't, and I ate it before I did. ;) But you get the general shape.
*hearts cake*
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This is the problem I have when icing cut cake, I get crumbs in the icing...how do you prevent that?
Really gorgeous stuff here!
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2. Use a ludicrous amount of icing
3. Pick out cake bits with toothpick and/or cover with more icing
4. Only ice in one direction (use your fingers if the knife is being "sticky" and picking up the icing as you try to spread it)
...I've heard professionals do this thing called "crumb coating", wherein you do a thin layer of icing, freeze it, and then do the rest, but I find just freezing it works for me.
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