Last weekend I received a special request from my youngest nephew Tyler. He wanted a special birthday cake that would reflect his current interest.......trucks....big......smokey...trucks! Monster trucks, diesel trucks, anything with high wheels, loud engine and a smokestack. He actually didn't want a cake in the shape of a truck, he just wanted the smokestack.
While I'm very grateful I didn't have to learn how to make a complete truck, I now had the dilemma of how in the heck was I going to make smoke? What's light and puffy and edible? Cotton candy! But...how do you make black cotton candy? I tried a few different things and then finally drug out my airbrush and black food coloring. I thought it would just shrivel up to nothing but it actually held up pretty good. It did shrink a little but for the most part held it's shape. After sitting over night it actually felt like styrofoam the next morning.
I sprayed the fondant with a metallic silver and used a Wilton edible paper sheet for the lettering. And once again, my paper crafting and cake decorating worlds collide! I actually put my Cuttlebug and dies to good use and cut out all of the words with that. I've never done that before but I will say I will definitely be doing it again. It was soooooo easy and the wording turned out great.
Tyler was so happy with his cake. While it wasn't perfect, he said it's exactly what he wanted!! I'm so glad because it's not exactly the prettiest cake I've ever made. LOL!
The boy in him was ready to dig in and yes....eat that nasty smokestack!
Happy Birthday Tyler Gage! You're the coolest kid I know!! I can't wait to see what you come up with next year.
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