Super Hero Cakes are the lates craze for the little guys! I have had the awesome opportunity to construct one for a good friend's son, and decided to feature it on my blog. I am really excited about it, and it is definitely pushing me beyond my comfort zone, however I am quite certain I am capable of producing something "out of this world." I have decided to start early with the very top of the cake which will be The Hulk's fist, will be punching through the top tier of the cake. So, starting with a picture from my friend who found a Super Hero cake on Pinterest, I also went to pinterest to see if I could find out how other bakers have made the fist. I was relieved to see that other bakers have used traditional rice krispy treat's to mold the fist, instead of carving cake. So far I have made the RKT, molded the fist and covered it with white modeling chocolate. The RKT part was easy, the modeling chocolate, was a little more involved. First, I wasn't sure how the recipe that I had would turn out, and second, having no experience with modeling chocolate, I had no idea how to actually apply it to my fist. So I just dove in, with my Wilton Candy Melts (bright white) and light corn syrup I just started throwing it together and I think it came out how it was supposed to. I let it settle for about 4 hours, then I wais ancy to get it on the fist. Like people say, it is plyable just like clay, and having worked a bit with clay in my past, I was able to confidently cover the fist. Now that leaves me with somehow making the fist green, and adding all of the intricate details, such as the wrinkles in the hands, fingers, etc. Stay tuned!
So I read online somewhere, that someone covered the fist in fondant. So I tried that, and it turned out great. I discovered a technique with the fondant that made the "hulk skin" smooth and shiny, and it was basically polishing the fondant with the palm of my hand. I think it turned out GREAT! I kept the Hulk hand in a plastic bag during the time I worked on the remainder of the cake.
After I constructed the cake, I did spend a little more time utilizing another tool that I recently discovered: food safe markers! To add a bit of a "cartoon" like-look, I drew in the creases of the wrinkles in the hand with a black marker. And the finished Hulk hand looked like this:
Since the cake was on a table, at a fairly large party, I liked the fact that the Hulk hand definition "stuck out" so that people could see it from across the room. And the final cake with the Spiderman layer and the Superman layer all came together like this:
Since we had the pleasure of attending the party as guests, I was able to enjoy the excitement shared by the guest of honor, Paul - who turned 5. He told me that he "loved" his cake, and that made my day. Somthing about the ability to make a child jump with excitement, is one of the best feelings in the world!
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