{"id":31,"date":"2010-08-27T03:42:50","date_gmt":"2010-08-27T03:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wedgieroo.com\/cake_blog\/?p=31"},"modified":"2010-08-27T03:54:14","modified_gmt":"2010-08-27T03:54:14","slug":"kirby-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wedgieroo.com\/cake_blog\/?p=31","title":{"rendered":"Kirby Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"
For another birthday party, we created a Kirby cake.\u00c2\u00a0 The original idea was to make a pink elephant, but Kirby was a better fit.\u00c2\u00a0 The cake itself is made from raspberry pound cake, with raspberry buttercream as the frosting and applied with fondant.<\/div>\n
\"6<\/a>

Six Layers of Pound Cake<\/p><\/div>\n

Six layers were baked and stacked up so that we could get the height we needed for the Kirby.\u00c2\u00a0 The next step was to carve a round figure (below).\u00c2\u00a0 We applied buttercream all over the cake and let it set in the refrigerator.<\/p>\n

\"Carved<\/a>

Carved and Buttercream Applied<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Fondant<\/a>

Fondant Rolled Out<\/p><\/div>\n

The fondant was then rolled out into a very large sheet and applied to the cake.<\/p>\n

\"Fondant<\/a>

Fondant Applied<\/p><\/div>\n

Kirby’s arms and feet were made of rice krispy treats and also had fondant applied to them.\u00c2\u00a0 The arms were attached witha\u00c2\u00a0 few skewers and the rest was just applied.\u00c2\u00a0 Fondant cutouts were used to create Kirby’s face.<\/p>\n

\"Assembling<\/a>

Assembling Kirby<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Completed<\/a>

Completed Cake<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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