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Olympic themed cake ideas ?

Grimbal
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Work is organising a fun (half) day - to raise our spirits & funds for charity.

As part of this, each team has to bake an Olympic-themed cake. We've thought of the 5-ringed cake idea, but would like something a bit different & more unusual.

Any ideas ?!
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  • krlyr
    krlyr Posts: 5,993 Forumite
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    Square cakes stacked into a 1st/2nd/3rd podium? Olympic torch shaped?

    These are quite a quirky idea!
    http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1272192/olympic-torches
  • kiss_me_now9
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    Cupcakes made into medals?
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  • no.1swimmum
    no.1swimmum Posts: 1,509 Forumite
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    What about flags or country colours, sports etc, we did a project with year 5 kids decorating cupcakes with butter icing and we bought some edible (ricepaper) discs printed with food colouring from ebay. we also bought some plain rice paper and food colouring pens so they could design their own.

    Medals made from roll out icing and allowed to harden.

    2012 logo cut out of roll out icing - print a template onto cardboard and using a new craft knife draw around the logo, again allow to harden slightly before putting on cake as it will make it easier to move them around.

    Olympic torches

    thick glace icing piped on in the shapes of stick men doing sport

    can't think of anything else at the moment. Hope this helps
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  • daska
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    edited 27 July 2012 at 4:23PM
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  • heartbreak_star
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    ^^ is this in the wrong thread?

    Maybe bake 5 thin sponge cakes with food colouring to make them the colour of the rings, then ice with white icing and draw the rings in the top? The surprise comes when it's cut...

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    heartbreak_star wrote: »
    daska wrote: »
    May I suggest that you go to the GP and get signed off before the meeting - thereby forcing your bosses hand and, hopefully, getting the problems with the bonus etc in writing. You may find this invaluable.
    ^^ is this in the wrong thread?

    Maybe bake 5 thin sponge cakes with food colouring to make them the colour of the rings, then ice with white icing and draw the rings in the top? The surprise comes when it's cut...

    HBS x

    It is Olympic themed. It is called throwing the discus - sion.

    My contribution is

    Jest tematyce olimpijski. To się nazywa rzucanie się do dyskusji

    It's the pole-vault
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  • Gigervamp
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    If you use the rings or the 2012 logo, just make sure that the Olympic committee don't see it or you'll be in trouble!
  • Bambam
    Bambam Posts: 359 Forumite
    Running track. You could easily make hurdles to go on it.

    Good luck with it!
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  • dizziblonde
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    Three cakes iced in gold silver and bronze with some ribbon looking like it's through each one to look like medals?
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  • Grimbal
    Grimbal Posts: 2,334 Forumite
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    see, I knew you guys would come up with some great suggestions ! I'm going to take them all to the group meeting so we can decide what we'll go with
    "Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it" Einstein 1951
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