Cakeless Cakes - ie. made only from sweets

lawlorlane

shykins wrote: »

can see why u would be cautious with the kids as the cocktail sticks did get stuck into the marshmallow.

just a thought could u use icicng like glue and stick them in a circle? might be worth a try,

That sounds good, I might give that a go!
There will be a mixed number of ages at the party, mostly under 4's tho and dont want any accidents if I can prevent them. I will give it a try with the icing if not I might go to a cake shop and see if there is any sort of edible glue I could use!?
Thanks shykins!

sethsgran

I use a stainless steel salad bowl when making the chocolate shell for pinata cakes I also use oil and put it in the freezer before and after.

chasingsunshine_2

Pinata cakes look fantastic!!

Gillsfan

Ive tried to make my own before, all come out okay, but this time for my sons birthday I used www.cupcakeboutiqueco.co.uk A friend recommended them and they were fab. Had an excellent cake delivered to me! Would def recommend them, seem cheaper than most places too.

amandada

What a fab idea! It's my ds' birthday tomorrow-guess what I'm going to be making!

amandada

Here it is!

Chasing_The_Dream

Well done amanda! I'm sure your DD loved it! I love all these cakes!! It's my friends birthday next week I might give this a go as we love sweets!!

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xpf

Just trying to resurrect this thread. The 'cakes' you have all made are absolutely fabulous!

It's my sons 18th birthday in a couple of weeks and I'd love to make him one of these. Has anyone got any step by step instructions or tips that they can share?

shykins

glad u reminded me.. ds wants me to make him one after the success of the one i made hub in March

any tips are as i explained in an earlier post. i use polystyrene as a base then just toothpick (cut in 2 or 3) the sweets to that til it looks nice. i tended to use flumps for the upright parts of the cake so i could make 2 tiers. the middle i filled with midget gems then did another tier of flumps and edged with other sweets etc.

no idea how to show u a photo of it but it was fairly easy to make, in fact the worrying took more time than the cake in the end lol

Cotton_wool_katie

Thought i would bump this up as i have made a couple but am making one for someone else this weekend and mine are usually a little wobbly. Im going to try the polystyrene idea but any other help would be great.



This is one of my cakes!!!!