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Wednesday 5 December 2012

Hitchhiker's Guide Cake




I certainly gave myself a challenge when I decided to try and make a cake that looked like a towel. If you haven't read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy then you may find this idea a little strange, but trust me, it all makes sense! Most importantly the recipient loved it.

8 comments:

  1. How did you achieve the texture of the towel? Did you use fondant or royal icing? I'm invited to a Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy party and volunteered to make the cake. Thank you!

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    1. Hi Krystan, thank you for your comment.

      To get the towel texture I used a white chocolate buttercream as the base, with finely grated white chocolate on the top....yes it's as simple as that! I did some experimenting beforehand trying other ideas such as dessicated coconut and also sprinkles. Both of these worked well, but with the cake itself being chocolate I thought the chocolate would be the best option.

      I hope this helps and wish you all the best in making your cake!

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  2. Hi! I would like to try making this, but I wonder how you did the "folded" look to the towel? I mean the way it appears to be folded on itself. It looks very nice !

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    1. Hi

      Thanks for your comment. The cake is made of several sheet cakes stacked on top of each other, so it was just a case of accentuating the edges. I rounded them off and carved into the sides a little, then used buttercream to create the folded edges at each end of the cake. I hope this makes sense, it sounds a lot more complicated than it actually is.

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  3. beautiful cake and so creative!

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  4. I want to make this for my husbands 42 Birthday on July 30th. I was wondering is the guide book on top made of fondant?

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    1. Hi Royal Ruskies

      Thank you for the comment. The book is a large chocolate sugar cookie covered in fondant. I wanted to add a bit more interest to it instead of it all being a lump of icing, but if you don't have the time to bake the cookie as well, maybe use a small cake board to give the book its depth (may also serve as a keepsake for your husbands birthday!). I hope this helps and I wish you luck....would be nice to see how it turns out!

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