Escalation

[browngirl]

Whilst lying on my back and reading over my shoulder, Mr. Joshlet spotted this spectacular terror of a hidden flag cake and declared he wants it for his next birthday, but in chocolate.

The scariest thing is that I know how I could make it in chocolate (red velvet cake). I just don't know where, because there is no way we can assemble it in our house unless we buy a chest freezer.

Also, EEEEK. This is what I get.

Comments

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[pickledginger.livejournal.com]

Somebody in comments on the original post suggested white chocolate chips. I can think of other possibilities -- injecting white batter with a syringe? -- but this is complicated enough already!

I would be tempted to try baking the blue in a coffee can.

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

If we're just talking about geometry, then what would be needed is 50 rings with star cross-sections of various sizes neatly laid down in the blue dough.

I have no doubt that there are people who could do the neat laying down part if they had the rings. I don't know if there's any way to make the rings. Some sort of candy molds?

[pickledginger.livejournal.com]

I can imagine a silicone mold, but not how to remove intact a molded substance soft enough to slice compatibly with the cake.

Perhaps -- if one were making such a cake on a larger scale, so the stars would be larger than crumbs -- one could pipe circles using a star-shaped nozzle, then freeze them before carefully layering them in the batter? A cream-cheese-based dough of some sort might work.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[pickledginger.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's hard to imagine a substance that would hold shape that well and not ruin the cake. A 13-star flag might be more achieveable, but then there's trying to keep the circle round.

[pickledginger.livejournal.com]

Piped meringue might work, at least until it got soggy. :-/

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

Squeeze 'em out

[thnidu.livejournal.com]

Why not use a whatever-they-call-it, a frosting gun thingie that's like a putty applicator? Load it with a softish white dough or a white frosting and squeeze it around to make a ring on the blue dough at the right level. I strongly recommend a Betsy Ross field of 13 stars rather than a modern 50!

Re: Squeeze 'em out

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the freezer is full. But mostly, I'm terrified and entertained that my making the rainbow cake for his last birthday has led to this. Meep. :)

PS I was thinking of white chocolate chips for the stars, but they would definitely be impressionistically scattered rather than regularly arranged. The amount of piping necessary for regularly arranged white stars -- my hand is cramping just thinking of it.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[spinrabbit.livejournal.com]

White chocolate chips? edit: read before posting, read before posting...