I'm trying to catch up to myself at the moment. I haven't posted any of my cake creations for a while - since Christmas actually - so I'm just trying to get a grip here! This is one for a friend who loves Jack Daniels and was turning 60. I baked an oblong dark chocolate sponge cake (thank you Mum-in-Law for a great choc cake recipe) and then made another one in a loaf tin. I put a thin layer of sugar-paste over the oblong base cake, then iced the bottle separately. The neck is made up from pieces of "spare" cake from he loaf tin cut with a round cutter, then cut into semi-circles. The sides of the presentation box are stuck on with Royal Icing and I mixed Tylo powder with the sugar paste to give some stability. I let it dry out a bit before sticking to the sides. The staw/raffia packing is made by extruding sugar paste through a clay gun. That's fun but takes a while. Piping is in Royal Icing (let's call it impressionism rather than an entirely accurate depiction of a JD bottle label) and I used a little brown dusting powder to give some dimension to the bottle. That would have been a great time to have an airbrush I think, but this isn't part of my kit right now. One day maybe (although I'd need much more room in my kitchen I think.) Just for extra bite, there was a little drop of Jack Daniels bourbon in the chocolate butter cream filing. Main thing is the cake was well received and enjoyed!
Jo xoxox
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