Mickey Gazebo Cake

[ShuisFan584]

Hey all! I am not getting married in Disney, but I am having a Disney cake. I'm having my venue create a cake similar to this one:

I already have the bride Mickey and Minnie cake topper, and the person making my cake knows exactly what they're doing for the rest of the cake, except for the Mickey head that tops the gazebo. They're trying to figure out the best way to make it. Has anyone had a Disney wedding and had this cake? Is it made out of cake, chocolate, something inedible, etc? Any help would be appreciated!

 

[Swmhc]

Hey all! I am not getting married in Disney, but I am having a Disney cake. I'm having my venue create a cake similar to this one:

I already have the bride Mickey and Minnie cake topper, and the person making my cake knows exactly what they're doing for the rest of the cake, except for the Mickey head that tops the gazebo. They're trying to figure out the best way to make it. Has anyone had a Disney wedding and had this cake? Is it made out of cake, chocolate, something inedible, etc? Any help would be appreciated!

I am not sure what Disney uses, though I think it is chocolate. If I were making this cake, I would get a styofoam half sphere and frost it. Then make the ears out of something, maybe fondant and stick them in. It would be light on top of the cake and you would have a perfect sphere. It's not uncommon to use styrofoam when doing display cakes etc...have used them myself when doing decorating contests etc. Just my suggestion.

 

[PirateBride08]

I had this cake. I don't recall what it was made of though. I didn't get to eat it. It was edible. I think the head part was cake with fondant. Not sure about his ears though.

 

[cryssi]

I also had this cake. It is supposed to be made of white chocolate. However, mine broke in transit from FL (I was a DL bride) so I believe the pastry chefs made mine out of fondant or gumpaste. Probably gumpaste. Anyway, we didn't eat it and they ended up refunding us the cost of the white chocolate.

Were I to make this myself, I would make it out of gumpaste.

 

[An72]

It looks really cute. I can't share you ways and the things to do to have this kind of elegant cake, since I'm not into baking.. honestly speaking. I just can share you some ways to make this cake more beautiful and meaningful. One great reason is to consider using nature accents with your gazebo wedding cake topper. One of the popular choices is the usage of different birds. Love birds come on the top of the list. Be creative!

This thread was a bit old now, can you please share us your cake picture, so we can have an idea how well did it went?

 

[disneylizzylou]

you could try using melted white chocolate and filling a bowl to get the half sphere shape for mickeys head and for the ears you could try placing circle cookie cutters on top of wax paper and filling them with the chocolate and let them sit until they harden and pop them out of the "mold"

 

[super_k0116]

The baker could make it from cake with half of the ball mold that wilton makes and sells at most craft stores and make the ears out of modeling chocolate.

 

[IntheKnow]

the procedure is as follows.

For the ears, mix some tylose powder into the same fondant you will use to cover the dome. This insures your color match. Roll the fondant out to about 1/4 inch thick. Select a round cutter, and slightly squeeze the cutter to make a lazy oval shape. The ears are not perfectly round. Cut the ears out with the cutter, and then using the same cutter, cut a small "nick" from one of the ovals long sides. This gives you an indent so your ears are not sticking up too high. Then put 2 bamboo skewers or sturdy toothpicks thru the nick about 3/4" apart.

Next...

Start with a 6" chocolate half dome. If you cannot obtain one, use a large ladel with a 6" measurement. Coat the inside of the ladel with white chocolate. Do several coats for strength. Cool between coats. You can place the final product in the freezer for a few minutes to get it to release from the ladel.

When the dome is ready, pour a puddle of white chocolate on parchment paper placed on a cool surface. Make a tiny hole in the dome in any location. Place the open end of the dome into the pool. the tiny hole allows the internal air to escape and lets the dome go all the way thru the pool. When the pool has cooled, trim the remaining chocolate from the outside edge. Now your dome will not sink thru your cake.

When covering the dome, apply a light coating of water, just enough to moisten it. Cover the dome with fondant. Smooth it down, and trim the excess from around the bottom.

If your ears are dry, trim the skewers or toothpicks so the can go thru the dome without hitting the inside of your base. Position the ears to your desired position, and dent the fondant with the skewers sticking out of the ear bottoms. Using another skewer, drill the dents thru the fondant and the chocolate dome. Place a small amount of royal icing on the "nick" and slowly run the skewers thru the drilled holes. Apply some pressure when the ear hits the dome to indent it into the soft fondant.

Allow the royal icing to dry, and decorate as desired.