If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a cake!

[Bitter Jeweler]

Ok, here's my big ass cake adventure.

I have made kinda impressive cakes before, but this is the MacDaddy of them all. The base of the care measures 13"x20"". The base is 23"x32".

So far I have used about 12 pounds of flour, 3 dozen eggs, 6 pounds of butter, a bunch of sugar, have 15 pounds of icing ready, 2 pounds of rice krispy treats for the fenders, and the cake will be covered with fondant. I have baked (10) 9x13 cakes so far. I started this morning, at about 10am (EST).

This is the first time I did such a sculptural cake, and first time using fondant, which tastes nasty by the way. :noob: I am pretty nervous about this cake. It will also have to travel 65 miles to the party.

This cake is for my dad's 72 (or something) birthday, and is modeled after his first car.

http://www.relicsandrods.com/ClubInfo/VehicleImages/Ex/MacNeill-36Ford.jpg


Here it is so far. :|
blocking it out first, then carving it into shape.

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1644/cakeac1.jpg

I'll and progress pics, as it goes.

[Crimson Quasar]

looks like a brick wall :|
but hey
making a cake for your old man
is a pretty cool thing
so good luck with that
.......
looks liek you have eating a bit of it :)

~CQ

[Tylor]

Good luck! Nice oldie car there! My dad has two old porsches, both from the 70's and one of 'em is the silver anniversary model. There is also a place down the street from my house where every Friday, tons of old American cars show up at a parking lot. Really cool

[Forgive-me]

Good luck with it. :up:

[Bitter Jeweler]

Shaping. I getting happier with it now.

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/8875/cake2fi6.jpg

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/7286/cake3lz7.jpg

[littlelolligagged]

It's a boat!!!

[GGT]

Black licorice for the tires? This is better than a gingerbreadhouse!

Your house sounds like so much fun, Bitter! :)

[Bitter Jeweler]

Fun? My house is hard work. :mad: Oh, wait, your right. It is fun! :D

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/781/cake4ac5.jpg


http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/9175/cake5ax9.jpg


http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/7049/cake6cx2.jpg


I fear the wheels/tires are gonna look way to small. I know I am not going for a scale model, but still. :(

[Dead-Metal]

A car cake that reminds me of a Halloween episode of South Park. Satan's sweet sixteen-like party. Keep it up Bitter It looks great so far. :)

[ssjhax]

At first, I thought the red car in the first picture was a cake and I was like, thats ridiculous. But it looks awesome so far.

[Bitter Jeweler]

Grrrrrr...

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/9927/cake7ye8.jpg

Well, the fondant tore because I had to roll it so thin to cover it completely.
I guess 5 pounds of fondant wasn't enough. *makes notes* Fondant is a ***** to work with, too.
So I tried to fix it with some "spackle", and I think after I put the front grill on, I will pipe some icing flames coming from the grill and fenders to hide the massive boo-boo. Well, I'll finish the wheels, and call it a night. :bored:

[ssjhax]

Dang, thats a sick cake right there. To bad it's going to be demolished when it comes to desert time.

[GGT]

Fondant? I thought it looked like a layer of Rice Krispie treats :noob:

Can't wait to see the tires (black licorice strings?) and rims

Your dad is a lucky man, to have his son make such a special cake!

[Dreadnaught]

Wait, just to clarify: what are the wheel wells of this incredible thing made from?

Damn, your talented, Bitter. But does it taste good? :noob:

[Tylor]

Wait, just to clarify: what are the wheel wells of this incredible thing made from?

Damn, your talented, Bitter. But does it taste good? :noob:

Wouldn't that suck? All that work and the cake doesn't even taste good!

[Bitter Jeweler]

Wait, just to clarify: what are the wheel wells of this incredible thing made from?

Damn, your talented, Bitter. But does it taste good? :noob:

The fenders are formed from rice krispy treats. (I think I said that somewhere ;))

The cake tastes great. It's made from scratch, better than box.
But even if the cake is dry and tasted awful, the best part will be presenting this to my dad, and seeing his reaction, and him knowing I love him enough to spend 12-15 hours on a cake for him :heart: with my own hands.


And thanks. It's nice to show you folks where my talent lies. I envy all of you who are so articulate and debate so well. This is what I do well. Or at least mediocre for trying something new for the first time.

[oldmunchkin]

Wow Bitter! You are making the ZZTop car! :D Looking good! :)

[dbz_hunter 001]

You have some really good talent to have made that. When I stopped by earlier, I was trying to imagine the cake looking like the car, but I just couldn't see it. Once you cut away the edges, it was then I realized that this cake will atcually turn out well.

It's good to see someone is putting their mind, and talent, to work. Now for the fun part, DRIVING.

[Rtoups]

Well, if it makes you feel any better, I'd rather have a gay son who can make me tasty car-shaped cakes than a straight son who's articulate and debates well...

What about a son
who
tlaks
lik
dis?

[littlelolligagged]

What about a son
who
tlaks
lik
dis?

No one would want that.

[Dreadnaught]

Well, if it makes you feel any better, I'd rather have a gay son who can make me tasty car-shaped cakes than a straight son who's articulate and debates well...
Priceless remark. Warms my heart. I will be spending the next 2-3 days moving. This will chill my heart.

[Echovirus]

What about a son
who
tlaks
lik
dis?
Right off the Iranian cliffs with the Jews! :mad:

[Lebanese Dragon]

Good work !!!!.. I'm sure this joke has been made already.. But I hope your cake doesn't turn out bitter.

[GGT]

Next up on Bitter's amazing talent list---an ice cream cake!

[TheSkipper]

Well Bitter, that's a "SWEET" talent, you have there, Most XCLNT, I must say.

"Bittersweet" talent....

[Crimson Quasar]

What about a son
who
tlaks
lik
dis?
:bored:
Thought I wouldn't Book that?
Busted robot boy:p
No one would want that.
speak for yourself lil missy :p
moving along
the cake looks really good now
at the initial stage
it just looked lik a brick wall
but thats pretty good
looks really good
(as many puns intended a sposible)


~CQ

[Moridin00]

Knew you could do it Bitz :heart:

[Lightning Strike]

Cake looks awesome! :up:

How did you get the things (mud-guards?) that cover the wheels to stay in shape?

[Echovirus]

He used rice krispy treats.

[Hazir]

So far it looks cool already but I'm real curious about the finished product.

[Forgive-me]

Incredible, Bitter.

Please, no chocolate, I quit that stuff last October. :D

[Jin Kazama]

If you lived near in Maryland you could have call dem Ace of Cakes people. =o

[supermarioman]

Masterful work.:up: Your Father is going to dig It.

[littlelolligagged]

If you lived near in Maryland you could have call dem Ace of Cakes people. =o

That kind of defeats the purpose, don't you think?

[Bitter Jeweler]

If you lived near in Maryland you could have call dem Ace of Cakes people. =o

Why pay someone else to do what you can do yourself?


Anyhow, here's some fire to cover up the cracks and patch job.
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/bitterjeweler/Cake8.jpg

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/bitterjeweler/Cake9.jpg

[littlelolligagged]

Looks good. :)

[Forgive-me]

Now I'm hungry.

Bitter you *******. :(

[Bitter Jeweler]

You're hungry, and I am sick of cake, icing, and marshmallow treats. :|

In the home stretch. All I have to do now, when all the white trim dries, is paint it with silver luster. I am debating on putting bumpers on, or not. Oh, yeah, and cover the base with something.

The headlights, and tail lights are clear gel on top of mylar from the Rice Crispy Treats wrapper. ;)

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/bitterjeweler/Cake10.jpg

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/bitterjeweler/Cake11.jpg

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/bitterjeweler/Cake12.jpg

[Forgive-me]

Okay, you can ship it to me now. :p

Awesome, Bitter. You have real talent there. ;)

[Coaster Guru]

That's amazing, you better take a lot of pics before it falls over in the car! The big one I mean.

[Nessus]

Bitter, this has been the best big-ass cake adventure ever :up: You're an artisan!

[littlelolligagged]

It's excellent.

[Tylor]

Mmmm, yummy.

[supermarioman]

Best. Cake. Ever.:up:
You should start a catering business.

[AmericanWoman]

A true labor of love.:up:
Awesome!

[dbz_hunter 001]

You should open your own small business, with the talent youhave. The cake turned out to be great. How long did it take to make that, in hours?

[DuSt0fF]

Freaking mad skills.

[Crimson Quasar]

the brick wall
ha snow turned into
a fire red car
seriously
I don't know how you could have gone about that
without even the idea of eating it
so all in all
how much did it cost to make?

~CQ

[coinich]

Stunning. :up:

[Coaster Guru]

It would suck if you posted that you bought it right now and you staged the whole thing.

[Draco]

That looks cool:) You could use a small candle as the exhaust pipe:D and light it up to get the over all fire effect;)

[termite]

Mmmmm cake.....grgrgrgle.....
http://www.natepratt.com/creative/studios/homercake.gif

[Flixy]

That's awesome! It looks great!

[BalticSailor]

Damn, that's the most awesome edible thing I've ever seen!

[Forgive-me]

Damn, that's the most awesome edible thing I've ever seen!
Should of been one of those creative tanks. :( :D

A cake version of that bike tank would be cool.

[BalticSailor]

Well, yeah, a neatly done tank cake could theoretically top this. However, the only tank cake I've ever seen lacked detail, so it doesn't come even close to Bitter's masterpiece.

[Crimson Quasar]

So how much was the cake to produce?


~CQ

[catgrrl]

WOW, Bitter, wonderful work! Your dad is so lucky to have such a creative (and thoughtful) son! :up:

You're such an artist; I'm a bit envious of you! :heart:

[ssjhax]

You should film the cake and then post it on youtube "the coolest looking cake you will ever watch"

[Bitter Jeweler]

So how
much was
the cake
to produce?

Hmmm...well over $100, not including the door repair ;)

You should film the cake and then post it on youtube "the coolest looking cake you will ever watch"
I did video the process, and I plan on putting it on YouTube, eventually.

Ok, so here is the finished product.
The silver luster dust didn't go well at all, and kept beading up and dripping off the car. Grrrrrr! I was getting frustrated at the end and left off some details too. Oh well...next time I try something like this, I know more what to expect.

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/bitterjeweler/Cake13.jpg

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/bitterjeweler/Cake14.jpg

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/bitterjeweler/Cake15.jpg

Coincidentally, my dad bought this car thursday of last week!
I knew he was thinking about it for a while, and I had a sneaking suspicion he would show
up with one. Which I think made the cake surprise all the better.
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/bitterjeweler/car1.jpg

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/bitterjeweler/Car2.jpg

Thanks for all the compliments.
I am glad you found this adventure of mine interesting. :up:

[dbz_hunter 001]

How did the cake taste?

I noticed the top part was missing so thought I'd ask. I want some cake now, I'll have to pick up one tomorrow now. :D

[TheSkipper]

What happened to the top in the trunk?

[Dreadnaught]

Wait, he bought the car you were making a cake of? How did he find it?

[Crimson Quasar]

100 dollars to make the cake? That isn't bad. Not bad at all. Now you knwo what you have to do right? THROW SOME D'S on that cake...24'' gonna look nice on it :)


~CQ

[Bitter Jeweler]

How did the cake taste?

I noticed the top part was missing so thought I'd ask. I want some cake now, I'll have to pick up one tomorrow now. :D
Everyone loved it. The top part was eaten. :noob:

Wait, he bought the car you were making a cake of? How did he find it? Yeah! He has always wished he could have his first car again.:) As a side note, he used to race stock cars before I was born. Something about a crash, and having a kid (my older sister) made him decide to quit.

I dunno how he found it. He's been looking around apparently. He even drove to Indianna (from Cleveland, Ohio) to look at one, but wasn't as nice as the people made it out to be.

100 dollars to make the cake? That isn't bad. Not bad at all. Now you knwo what you have to do right? THROW SOME D'S on that cake...24'' gonna look nice on it :)


It was more than$100
I didn't keep track though.
THROW SOME D'S ?????

[dbz_hunter 001]

Everyone loved it. The top part was eaten. :noob:

Yeah! He has always wished he could have his first car again.:) As a side note, he used to race stock cars before I was born. Something about a crash, and having a kid (my older sister) made him decide to quit.

I dunno how he found it. He's been looking around apparently. He even drove to Indianna (from Cleveland, Ohio) to look at one, but wasn't as nice as the people made it out to be.



It was more than$100
I didn't keep track though.
THROW SOME D'S ?????
He means rims, dubs in particular. Dubs are, in this case, 20s.

[Hazir]

how cool is that :)

[termite]

how cool is that :)

Very cool.

Any chance of doing a Harley cake Bitter?

Then again it is an awfully long way for me to come and pick it up when it's ready...:p

[oldmunchkin]

Bitter, that was one awesome cake! :) And how cool is that, your dad managed to find the car you were making, IRL. :p