More Mr. Met

First step


We just finished building the arms... they're in the fridge chilling before we can cover them with the fondant. Then we can finally start to decorate! So excited!Added the arms Added the blue for the sleevesAdded more white for the jersey.

Ok, so we covered the board with home made orange fondant... took forever! It was just so soft.
The body we covered with home made marshmallow fondant. Worked out fine.
The huge rice krispy head we ended up having to run to the store to buy a box of pre-made fondant. We just completely ran out of the good stuff.

Everything is going to sit in the fridge overnight again so we can start decorating tomorrow. The hat was cut out yesterday, so it's still drying. I just have to add the face, the buttons, and some other details. Tomorrow is going to be a LONG day! It's a good thing I LOVE what I do!

Mr. Met cake update...

I want to pull my hair out! I decided to use some home made marshmallow fondant so that it would taste better.... NEVER again! EVER!!!!

We had to go out and get a new cake board today because the one we had didn't support the cake enough. The only one they had was a really ugly gold, so we decided to tint some of the home made fondant orange and cover the board. The orange coloring turned the fondant into a mushy mess. We had to use a giant chunk of gum paste so that the fondant wouldn't rip. This is a job that should normally take about 10 minutes... it took us over an hour. This cake may be the death of me!

Then I tried to roll out the rest of the white fondant for the torso. This worked a lot better than the orange fondant, but it was still a huge mess. I don't think I've ever had this much trouble covering a cake. And moving the cake from the first board to the second made a huge mess. But whatever... it looks great! I'm so happy. Not even close to done yet, but it looks great.

We still have to make the arms and get them covered and onto the board. The hat has is drying, just needs a brim. Jersey logo is cut out. Need to go get some orange chocolate tomorrow to pipe the logo onto the hat. And the huge job... covering the Rice Krispy head with fondant! Pretty sure I'm going to have to go buy some regular fondant for that.

AHHHHHHHH

Mr. Met cake

Ok, so were working on a Mr. Met birthday cake for Friday. I want it to be perfect. I know it's only Tuesday, but I'm already stressing out. I woke up today and baked 2 red velvet sheet cakes (3 if you count the one that somehow boiled into a syrup because my oven got too hot, which has never happened before so I don't know what that's about)

For about 2 weeks we have been discussing the size of Mr. Mets head. I have a ball pan from Wilton, but it just didn't seem big enough. Then I have a much larger ball pan with an 8" diameter, but that looked too big.

We also planned on using cake for the head, but after a trial run using the red velvet cake we came to the conclusion that it's just too soft. There just arent enough dowels in the world to get a round ball of soft red velvet cake to stay on top of a 4 layer red velvet cake without falling right over. (Trial cake was then broken down into red velvet balls for the 4th of July, I just can't justify wasting cake lol)

So, Rice Krispie treat ball it is! And the best part was that we didn't need a pan to shape it. It took a double batch of the gooey treat to create this giant head by hand, but at least I know I won't have to worry (too much) about it rolling off before they cut into it.

The majority of the body is already stacked and frosted with cream cheese frosting and chilling overnight before we cover it with some home made marshmallow fondant. We just have to build the arms out of the rest of the cake and I will also need to whip up a 3rd batch of cream cheese frosting. I also made buttercream to coat the ball with before we cover it so it's nice and smooth.

Mike is currently shaping out the tiny Met's hat from a 50/50 blend of regular fondant and gum paste dyed royal blue. This should take about 2 days to set. I am so excited to see this all come together! I'm sure it's gonna look great, but I just can't help but be nervous! So far, about 6 hours have already gone into this cake and we haven't even begun to decorate it. Tomorrow we must complete the structure and cover the whole thing with the marshmallow fondant. I hope everything just falls into place from there.