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Cake Decorating: Father's Day
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Father's Day

Bucket o' beer!

Top with 'Ice' cubes.
Bucket o' beer!
Fondant Planks

Instructions

This was a 2 tiered cake covered to look like a bucket of beer. The cakes were a Red Velvet with Cream Cheese icing and a German Chocolate with Coconut Pecan frosting.

The 'wood' planks were made with Wilton Fondant (I hadn't yet discovered Satin Ice) that were cut into planks. I used Vodka and dark food coloring to paint.

Once dry I assembled the planks around the ...

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Difficulty:

Category: Cake Decorating

Type of item: Food

For: Men

Style: Casual, Retro / Vintage


What was your inspiration?

It was Father's day and my husband loves beer! I saw a similar project online and loved the idea of the masculine cake.

What are you most proud of?

The color of the planks came out better than I expected.

What advice would you give someone starting this project?

This is very simple project and one of the first cakes I made using fondant.

 

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