Sunday, January 17, 2010
Dump Truck
This was for a little boy's 2nd birthday. I made this by baking and stacking 3-9x13 inch sheet cakes. I placed the cake on a single cake board cut exactly to size. I carved the front into the windshield and hood. I used part of the carved-off cake to elevate the top of the "dump-bed" of the truck (the elevated part right above the windshield). I used my cake-icer tip to completely cover the cake in yellow buttercream. I added the fondant windshield, grill and bumper. I added borders and details in buttercream, and fondant eyes to the windshield. The side mirrors are made from fondant with a "V" shaped wire between the front and back parts of each mirror. I placed drink-stirring straws into the cake to secure the wires (and keep the wires from being directly in the cake. For the base, and to elevate the truck off the board, I stacked and covered 3 large cake boards, then hot-glued to that a 1-inch tall stack of boards (that was approximately 2 inches smaller in length and width that the cake). This stack of boards was covered in a black napkin (for lack of anything else black on-hand). I used black hoping that it would be less noticeable. I then hot-glued the board with the cake on it to this black-covered board. Voila... elevated dump truck. The tires were molded from 2 store-bought Rice Krispie treats, each. I iced them lightly in buttercream and covered them in black fondant, and added the yellow wheels. I stuck them onto the cake with just a little bit of buttercream frosting, and added the fondant fenders. The pencil is hand-sculpted from fondant and was placed on top of the wires for the mirror and glued on to the gray fondant window with water/fondant mixture. The "dirt" in the dump-bed is crumbled cake.
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