Clone Trooper Cake
Another year, another cake. It's not one of my best, but Toshi was thrilled.
We started with an eight inch round triple layer devil's food chocolate cake, joined and frosted with dark chocolate frosting. The sides were cut off to give the helmet shape, and those trimmings placed on top to form the visor and mouthpiece.
The entire cake was then wrapped in fondant, some colored with black and blue food coloring. In our haste to stretch the fondant without tearing, we neglected to include blue trim along the lower edge of the visor. That little touch would have elevated the final cake from okay to pretty cool.
Ah well, there's always next year.
Past cakes:
→ Year two: Pickup truck
→ Year three: Bob the Builder (and his reaction)
→ Year four: Spiderman
→ Year five: Stegosaurus
I've been following your cakes for a few years now and have done the pick-up truck (requested twice) and Bob head for my son - both big hits! Looks like i'm going to have to deviate this year, as he wants a train (Hiro from Thomas to be exact). Was hoping to find you'd done one - love watching your annual creations! Thanks for sharing.
Allison, that's encouraging to hear about the various cakes. I can tell from my web site traffic that people are reading about them, but I never know if they actually prove useful. Do you happen to have any pictures you'd be willing to share (email to alan@maona.net is fine)? Every cake is a little different--I'm curious what spin you put on them.
I've already started thinking about what comes this summer, but don't have any good ideas yet. The current interest appears to be football. We'll see if that endures until the birthday.
Good luck with Hiro!