Today I'm going to show you how to make a hunter cake
Hi, I'm Amanda van der Gulik from www.CleverDoughCakes.com
Today I'm going to share with you how I made this really cute hunter cake for my dad's 65th birthday.
To begin with, I created Marshmallow Fondant
If you'd like to get the recipe, simply click the button above (it will open in a separate window for you,
so you can take a look at that after.)
It is the Yummies Fondant you will make and it's the MOST ECONOMIC TOO! Trust me!
Buying fondant is very expensive!
So, what I did is, I created the figure that I wanted to sit in the tree stand on top of the cake...
...and I wanted to do this in advance so it would have time to dry.
I started by sculpting my father's face, his cute beard and his messy hair from sitting in the wind...
...and then I created his body out of chocolate fondant, so I could have a nice dark base for his hunting suit.
I happened to find these really cool sprinkles.
That are leaf shaped and all in the Fall colours, so reds, and yellows, oranges and browns.
And I used piping gel to stick them on to his outfit to create a camouflage look.
I used food colouring to colour in my dad's features and his skin tone and his hair.
And then I used the left-over fondant that I had, to create his bow and arrow
Then I set him aside and let him dry
while I created the cake.
The cake that I use is my delicious Sponge Cake Recipe!
It's a family secret, and I posted a link for you above.
It will open in a new tab as well, so you can watch it afterwards.
I created an 8 inch round cake and I cut it in four and I layered it with Mocha Icing.
I've got a link to the Mocha Icing for you above as well.
and again it will open in a separate tab, so feel free to click on that now so you can watch that afterwards.
To decorate the cake...
My father actually has this really cool candle holder.
and it looks like a forest, and it's got deer in it and what I did is...
I cleaned that, very thoroughly. Created the Chocolate Fondant, and then rolled that nice and smooth...
and then rolled the candle holder over it to create an impression.
Then I took an exacto knife to cut out the pattern.
I let that dry for a bit so it would get nice and strong while I covered the cake in Mocha Icing.
...and rounded out the top onto the top of the cake.
so that the tree trunks came up the side and the branches curled over the top.
After that it was time to make the tree stand.
I created the base of the tree stand with more cake out of fondant filling to hold it together.
Then I used Graham Crackers to create the wooden boarding to go along the sides of the tree stand.
I wanted it to look like wood. So using a knife, I traced out a wood pattern, ...
... and then I painted it with food colouring to bring out the details.
Then I placed the tree stand on top of the cake and placed my father's figure in the tree stand so that he could ...
... sit on top of his cake and overlook the forest
I sprinkled some more of the leaves over top of the trees.
and then I place rocks along the bottom of the plate and a little pond with some fish.
My father is also an avid fisherman.
I placed a little champagne candle that I found, and a few other cool candles I found in the shape of woodworking tools.
Since my father is a carpenter (woodcrafter)
He absolutely loved his cake!
It was such a pleasure to make and I've made many hunting cakes for him.
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