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Beth
Let me begin by saying what a fun project this was. It truly was a work of art from beginning to end. When you work closely with a person every day it can go one of two ways... It can become a battle, and you can dread the thought of going to work every day. Or, it can be a beautiful dance. Where words don't even need to be uttered and you can sense the other persons thoughts and feelings. When you are totally in sync and everyday is more fantastic than the day before. The latter is what it is like here at the cupcake most of the time. Apart from the jokes and general fooling around we do here at the cupcake, the partnership we share here is rare. Sometimes when we are in the midst of a project Sommer and I just look at each other. No words are spoken. But the thought is the same.... BLISS.
This project was very quick and very fun. It took about 6 hours I would guess, start to finish. 3 of us worked on it. I will try to talk you throughout our process. 1st, we plan. This first pic represents our planning process. We talk it out and bounce around ideas. Sketches are made and a plan is formed. We ALWAYS have a base plan to go by. No changes are made unless they are discussed and agreed upon.
This next picture is after Sommer has baked the basic shape. She is shown here carving the cake. Rarely do we use shaped pans. It lets us have much more freedom with our designs and gives us a crisper, more classic look.
After much discussion, it was decided to go with rice crispy treats for the gun hatch part (forgive me for not knowing the technical terms). I love the crispies for sculpting. Not only are they yummy, they conform to any shape needed.
Chocolate fudge is applied as the base. Normally a thin coating of butter cream is used but this was the clients request. The chocolate fudge is difficult to work with under the fondant as it is very soft.
Chris and I cover in fondant and pipe on the details using royal. Earlier Christine had designed the gun for the top and satellite dish out of gumpaste.
Sommer paints and adds the details. And we're DONE!
