Laver Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Hi there fellow recipeiansDon't come in here much, but Laver Needs You! :rockout: My 21st Birthday coming up and I have enlisted my mother and sister to make me a cake that looks like an Olympic plate, see below.I think we're doing a blue 20kg plate, rather than the red pictured.General suggestions of the best way to do it would be great, but I need help about one area in particular!At the moment its working like this, two rectangle ~7cm high banana cakes are being put side by side, a circle will then be cut out, about 35cm diameter. A hole of ~4cm will be cut in the middle.We are using food coloring to get blue icing, what can we do the silver/grey area in the middle out of?!We don't have many ideas at the moment, without going to huge trouble. Thoughts so far -- Silver Balls (those little hard ones)- Tin Foil to then be removed (not ideal...)What else could be used?Thanks for your help in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamfatboy Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Niiiiiice idea! Will she make me one? =P~ :pray: I'm sure the professional bakers will know where to get edible silver colouring, but that silver centre looks like the back of a CD to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 what about some mercury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gym rat Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Good idea :clap: . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGus Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Mercury? f*ck that, be a man and just eat an olympic plate for your birthday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auck_builder Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 lmfao^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runveerun Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 There is silver food colouring paint stuff and there is edible silver leaf you could use. A specialist cake shop would point you in the right direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatwaslight Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Mercury? f*ck that, be a man and just eat an olympic plate for your birthday.lol agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurasaur Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 just shape a round from fondant and paint with silver lustre dust mixed with tiny bit of clear alc (vodka). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidangro Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 why don't you make it a 21kg plate???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1day Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 why don't you make it a 21kg plate???? :wink: now thats a logical idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varven Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 You could also stack 4x 5kg plates.'Or just make a Oly bar ok Ill shuddup, but looks like Laura has you're answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disasterpiece Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Hi I'm Phillip, I'm turning 21 and I'm really excited about my birthday cake and want everyone to know about it \:D/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samoan_muscle Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Hi I'm Phillip, I'm turning 21 and I'm really excited about my birthday cake and want everyone to know about it \:D/LMFAO...I wanted to say something like that but what do you expect, it's Laver after all - he always posts up stuff like this lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentOrange Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 whos on the invite list?? just mum and sis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samoan_muscle Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 whos on the invite list?? just mum and sis?Probably auntie jack too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pseudonym Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 I think you guys are just jealous.And rightly so. Cake jealousy is a powerful thing. My mum made a train cake for my fifth birthday. It was awesome - licorice tracks and everything. My sister wasn't even born then, but she saw the photos and demanded a train cake of her own. She eventually got one for her 21st. It was okay, but not as cool as mine. I like to think that proves Mum loves me more. :grin: Anyway, congrats on the impending 21st, Laver. You'll have to post up a photo of the cake, just to show the others what they're missing out on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundsgood Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 pffft bet it wasnt as big as my 5th birthday cakemy mum got a team of 20 chinese to work day and night for a week to make it. It was so big Im still eating it now :pfft: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runveerun Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Hee hee some of the bears on that cake kinda look like your avator too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamond Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 I would love to jump right into the middle of that cake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonafat Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 why don't you make it a 21kg plate???? :wink: now thats a logical idea21 year old stripper there tasty mmmmmmmmm :twisted: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentOrange Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 I would love to jump right into the middle of that cake.his mum jumped out of the middle of it when they yelled 'surprise' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundsgood Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 I would love to jump right into the middle of that cake.his mum jumped out of the middle of it when they yelled 'surprise'WTF??? LOL :pfft: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
startinfromscratch Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 dude, cakes are a piece of piss..*you could use a solid round cake and use black icing on the center to create a fake hole* easiest to cut this out of a square, but thats wasteful so just go sumwhere like eves pantry or decor cakes etc and hire a big-ass tin.* icing is easy, make simple butter icing and use a piping bag to apply, use food colouring from supermarket to colour as you need it.* if youre not confident with butter icing, look up a recipe for buttercream and use that - it doesnt tastre as good but is easy as f*ck to work with. some places even sell buttercream made up!* if youre a fan of the icing thats used for xmas cakes, buy the plain RTU icing from the supermarket. it colours up really well, but its quite hard to use RIGHT.Hope this helpsH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runveerun Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 How did this go Laver? Can you post some pics?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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