As told in photos.
Have I mentioned that I'm making my fiance's Batman themed groom's cake? Oh, I didn't explain that little bit of crazy? Well I am and I probably didn't mention it because I didn't want any of you sane ladies talking me out of what could prove to be a big stressor two days before hand. Ah, well, check out the trial run for yourself!
It all began with a box. Three boxes, technically- two butter golden recipe and one dark chocolate fudge.
Six eggs, two sticks of butter later, I had this:
It fit perfectly in my 12 by 18 inch rectangular cake pan:
And then I wanted to marble it. Well, I tried:
While that monster was baking, I tried to make a fondant Batman signal. My mad skillz were not quite with me today. Check yellow tinted, boxed fondant rolled into some type of shape:
I had much better luck blackening my chocolate frosting:
Fifty minutes later, I had a cooked cake:
Originally, I intended on simply cutting the cake into a simple oval shape (yes, I know they make oval pans- but they only come in 4 packs for 40-50 bucks, and I only need ONE pan...so I opted for cutting...), but Mr. Pencils wanted to try to shape the cake into the bat signal. He created a template on posterboard:
While I FAILED at popping the cake out, despite having greased and floured the pan:
The marbling looks great, though, no?
No worries, though I used my mad skillz (now returned to me) to make it work:
He traced his design:
And shazaam! There it was (minus the slightly too large template on the right side, which we'll adjust):
I frosted that sucker:
Mr. Pencils' doesn't like the addition of the yellow fondant bat signal. What say you?
We cut into and chowed down with our officiant and Mr. P's Uncle J.
Yes, Mr. Pencils' makes/mocks my funny faces too.
One slight problem. The black food dye had the frosting leaving a metallic after taste. Suggestions?
Anyone else insane enough to make a cake/baked good for their wedding? Suggestions?
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