Here it is...

[vettecat]

Finally got around to installing the software for our new camera (yay!), so now I can show y'all the cake I made for Arisia!

As I've mentioned, this was the 20th Arisia, so the chair asked me to make a cake for the staff party. She said I could do whatever I wanted. Hee hee.

I was thinking of doing a topsy-turvy cake (a.k.a. a "mad hatter" cake), but realized when I started shaping it that the layers needed to be taller and narrower. Oh well. Hopefully it still looks cool.

Used 5 lb flour, 5 lb sugar, 1/2 lb cocoa, 6 lb confectioner's sugar... took me 2 nights (3 if you count baking). It was gobbled up in 1/2 hour. Fortunately that's a good thing for a cake.

Pardon the background clutter, I was going to snip these down but don't want to spend any more time on it right now.

For those of you who want to see all the steps,



























And for those of you who just want to see the final product,


As you may be able to infer, my "vision" for the cake was "rocket to the moon." (Could also be called "Excelsior.") What do you think? Did it work? :-)

Comments

[dancingdeer.livejournal.com]

That is awesome. I'm sorry I missed it.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much, glad you like it! I'm sorry you missed it too... though honestly I think only the first few people in line really got a good look at it. It vanished quickly. :-)

[dancingdeer.livejournal.com]

Well, I wasn't staff this year, and didn't actually know about the cake and corresponding party until sometime later.
Definitely glad you took pictures.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

How'd you manage that? :-) But yeah, I'm definitely glad the pictures came out OK... it's nice to have a record after spending that much time on a project.

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

Are the two astronauts playing rock-paper-scissors?

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

No... "peace!" :-) At least that's how I interpret it, I didn't actually make them.

[ceciliatan.livejournal.com]

No, they're clearly playing rock-paper-scissors-lizard-spock... ;-)

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Sounds like fun!

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

I am incredibly impressed. Were I not exhausted I would be effusive.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much, glad you like it!

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

That's gorgeous. I didn't know you had the cake building gene. ;)

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much! Yeah, I was raised on frosting. :-) I'll post one once in a while... You must have missed e.g. this one and this one.

[dement1a.livejournal.com]

I'm here via the cake_decorating community, but I have friends that were at Arisia (Sara Harvey being one of 'em). Great job! It's a beautiful cake and a really adorable concept.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much, I appreciate the compliment! It's always hard to know how the vision in your head, when translated to 3D, will look to other people.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Wow.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much, glad you like it!

[icejohn2.livejournal.com]

Very nice! It is a cool decorated cake!

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much!

[jetshade.livejournal.com]

That is a fantastic piece of work!
I'm so sorry I missed seeing that!
I especially love the clouds and the rocket trail - that's just brilliant - I had no idea you were in the I can has cool cakes club!

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much, glad you like it! And I'm glad you "got" the rocket trail, it's always hard to know how these things look to people who aren't living in my head. :-)

[mom2boaz.livejournal.com]

AWESOME AWESOME! It's beautiful! Good work!

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much, I'm glad you liked it!