Saturday 16 June 2012

CSI Cake

I've finished my GCSEs! I did my last one yesterday morning and instead of celebrating by getting drunk (which is the apparent 'norm' for people my age) I spent all day on a cake commission. It was for my friend's little sister and she had a CSI themed party today. This cake was so much fun, especially the blood around the victim's body trace! For that and the magnifying 'glass', I boiled up some sugar to hard ball stage and added food dye. The photos don't really show it but there is a piped 'fingerprint' under the magnifying glass. Everything on this cake is edible. The black fondant looks quite grubby, photos were taken before I did a clean up. The magnifying 'glass' has small bubbles in it so it's not fantastically clear.
Enjoy!
P.S. I was so tempted to keep the mini forensic scientist for myself! He's so cute, look at his little face!










5 comments:

  1. That is very cool. Great idea using the sugar for the blood. I would've just used icing but this looks heaps more realistic.

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  2. Fantastic Cake! I bet you're relieved to have finnished your GCSE's. Your crime investigator (Or whatever they're called) is trully adorable!

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  3. Looks wonderful! I am just wondering....what happened to your cool Lego man cake?? I was searching through your old blog posts and I can't find it anymore. My little brother's Birthday party is coming up, and your Lego cake was a big hit with him!

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  4. Thank you for all the lovely feedback. Acacia, I'm afraid I have never done a Lego cake. I think you have me confused with another blog. I hope you find what you were looking for and that he has a good birthday. And I shall put a Lego cake on my 'to do list'!

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