Yes I do know a few things in this area. Mainly the decorating/plating part of it as opposed to the prep part. Right now I'm trying to figure out how to make a camping cake for my Dad's birthday. So far I've figured out that it will be easier to cut the cake if I chill it first. I've also learned that fondant and I don't get along. I don't like the taste or working with it (though I may use it for lines)... Now all I have to do is learn to embrace piping...
How does that relate to Tyler (since this is his blog)... I always loved when my mom would make our birthday cakes. I figure that is something I can do with my limited cooking skills (I used to be fairly skilled at it). So I figure PopPop is a good guinea pig for seeing if I can still do it. Hopefully there will be pictures at some point of a good cake.
Feel free to offer suggestions on ideas for a tent, water feature, animals and other general camping ideas :)
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Water - blue jello in foil that is molded in the shape of the lake. Haven't actually done this technique, but I've seen it done successfully a lot.
ReplyDeleteTent - graham crackers? Maybe with Twizzler Pull & Peel "rope" to hold them up? Or maybe pretzel rods and Fruit Roll-Ups?
Animals? I got nothin'. Animals are hard.
Other camping ideas - campfire made of pretzel rods and red hots and maybe some rolled out and shaped Starbursts inside of a campfire ring of M&Ms? Green-tinted coconut for grass?
you've been googling haven't you??
ReplyDeleteLol. No, actually. I've looked at a lot of cakes over the past year to get ideas for myself on various things. Those are the ones that stuck, I guess!
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