We received a request for a Batmobile cake and were thrilled to learn that the client wanted a cake of the latest one–the Tumbler.
That was, until we got a closer look at what exactly the Tumbler looks like! Of course we love a challenge, and we realized this was not going to be an ordinary car cake. We settled on a design that incorporated both fondant and gum-paste to recreate the numerous panels of armor. We also decided that since this was a birthday cake for a five-year old, we would wrap the car in yellow/orange windows. An all black cake comes out pretty boring anyway, and a lot of the detail tends to disappear.
So how did we do?? We sure love the result!
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We took some action shots of the work. The first image below shows how we started–with essentially sheet cakes that are eventually carved into the shape that’s needed, as you can see in the second image. The third image shows how we cover the final shape with fondant. There was a lot more work involved, of course!
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The client Vanessa wrote a lovely blog-post about the cake so we thought we’d link to her:
http://paperchick.blogspot.com/2008/12/cakes-by-mona.html
Hi Mona! Thanks for letting me know about your new site! I love it! Just wanted to let you know that the cake was a HUGE hit at the party! Everyone loved it and could not believe it was a cake! There are some parents who will be contacting you for their kids birthdays….gave your info out since they were amazed and to top it all off the cake was DELICIOUS!!!!!!!
I will be in contact with you in February need another cake! You are totally the best from now on all my cakes will be from you! I will be linking to your blog so people can see what it took to make the cake!