It's nice to hear so many positive comments! The fruits of my labor!! I knew if anyone would enjoy this cake, it would be all of you (you would have enjoyed it more in person, though--a taste is always better than a look!)
Okay, some specifics on the cake for those who asked:
The base cake (ocean) is a 12 inch round. I made that white cake.
The base of the ship is the Wilton football pan, made in chocolate. The top half of the ship is a cake I baked in a bread loaf pan and cut to the shape of the ship. I froze the cakes first, then cut while frozen (much easier that way). I did cut the sides of the football cake down to try to make it more to scale. The smoke stacks are from the loaf pan cake, and the tiny smoke stacks on top are little chocolate sprinkles. I used Wilton icing colors and home-made buttercream frosting. (except for the base of the ship-I started with premade chocolate-easier to color dark if you start with chocolate)
I ordered the Disney figures from CountryKitchen Sweet Art. They have a website, countrykitchensa.com. She told me that two of the figures were discontinued, but they had one of each left, so I lucked out on those. I'm sure you could get figures other places too. The palm trees came out of a container of dinosaurs my daughter had.
I can't take credit for all of the cake--my husband cut the shape for the top of the ship and put on some of the base icing. I took pictures almost step by step. I will try to get them posted on the site sometime soon, along with other pictures of the party.
Thanks again for your interest. Now at least if anyone else wants to do this, there are pictures to see!
Carrie
Okay, some specifics on the cake for those who asked:
The base cake (ocean) is a 12 inch round. I made that white cake.
The base of the ship is the Wilton football pan, made in chocolate. The top half of the ship is a cake I baked in a bread loaf pan and cut to the shape of the ship. I froze the cakes first, then cut while frozen (much easier that way). I did cut the sides of the football cake down to try to make it more to scale. The smoke stacks are from the loaf pan cake, and the tiny smoke stacks on top are little chocolate sprinkles. I used Wilton icing colors and home-made buttercream frosting. (except for the base of the ship-I started with premade chocolate-easier to color dark if you start with chocolate)
I ordered the Disney figures from CountryKitchen Sweet Art. They have a website, countrykitchensa.com. She told me that two of the figures were discontinued, but they had one of each left, so I lucked out on those. I'm sure you could get figures other places too. The palm trees came out of a container of dinosaurs my daughter had.
I can't take credit for all of the cake--my husband cut the shape for the top of the ship and put on some of the base icing. I took pictures almost step by step. I will try to get them posted on the site sometime soon, along with other pictures of the party.
Thanks again for your interest. Now at least if anyone else wants to do this, there are pictures to see!
Carrie
