I used 4 different cake's sizes and shapes: 1 sheet cake pan 11"x15"x2"
(28cmx38cmx5cm), 2 half balls from the Wilton's ball pan, 1 cake baked
from a Pyrex's bowl ( or any bowl that can be used to bake)
Place the sheet cake on a Foam core board. Torte the sheet cake in half, reserve one part.
The Topper half from the sheet cake (the one topper sheet you torte and reserved) has to be cut in half, put your filling and cake layers on only half part
of the sheet cake
Place the 2 ball halves on the side is lower on your sheet cake, that part will be the breasts.
And now the half ball you got from the pyrex's bowl shape (which will be the tummy)
Be prepared for a messy table!!! ATTENTION: DO NOT THROW AWAY ANY SINGLE
CRUMB You will need to carve all around the cake with a nice and small,
easy to handle knife. The knife should cut cake on a 45 degree angle
so the bottom part is larger than topper part of the cake.
using the pieces you already carved and the reserved, you now can start
to fill up spaces so the tummy will be more natural shaped and actually
make it look like a real tummy. A mommy anatomy is curved and flows in
harmony. A great idea is to have pictures of actual mommy's belly.
When ever you are sculpting something, you should use pictures as
reference, specially if you are not sure how a pregnant tummy looks
like.
I shape it as much as I can remember my own pregnant belly (mine was actually larger, LOL)
The most important tool whenever you are covering a rounded shape cake: a
long piece of plastic!!! this tool can come from: stencil sheet, X-RAY
sheet, or in my case I cut a long piece from a plastic toy box.
Cover the cake in butter cream, and using your super advance technology
tool LOL, drag the butter cream and smooth it. Once you Smooth all the
cake, you will need to cut all around the board. I might probably
wasting some board, but this boards tent to get totally dirty since the
surface is not washable. If you are using any washable board, then skip
this part.
Measure the tummy. Since the idea is to cover the cake as is wearing a
dress, and we want to produce sort like pleads. It is really difficult
to make just one piece to cover all tummy with out messing all pleats.
So here the idea is to make 3 strips and handle them easily. Roll the
fondant, I used Wilton's, and make 3 strip long enough to cover the
longitude of the tummy. The 3 of them will cover the entire belly, once
they are all put together. Place some dowels in different sizes (these
will be the pleats ) let sit and dry a bit (so the pleat stays)
Start placing the first strip on the very side of the cake, and then
the rest. I would suggest you to use as many strips as you need, if you
feel more confident using smaller strips, then make them less wider and
add more of them until you cover the entire tummy
Cut same size strips ( I use my ruler as reference) enough of them to
cover the bust part, once is all covered, place on strip where the dress
pleats and the breast strips meet. I like to cover all and not show any
skin, but that is my wish, you can work a bit more and include some
skin for the cleavage.
Make some circles and ruffled the edges. Or you can just change this embellishment by simply using a flower or bow
I finish cake with some shimmering using airbrush.
I hope you like it and give it a try, Cake looove JOly