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Anyway, yesterday was Dan's twenty-ninth birthday, and per his request, I made a cake based on Lost, our favorite TV show. If you don't know the show this cake must look very strange. I drew on the extensive mythology of the show and made a collage design using some of the most iconic images - the smoke monster, the polar bear, and the lock-down hieroglyphs. There's also the beach, of course, with "Happy Birthday Dan!" written as a message in the sand, and the numbers (4-8-15-16-23-42) hiding in the waves. The whole thing is framed by jungle foliage. I made the leaves in advance with royal icing, but otherwise, everything you see is buttercream. Since this weekend was just packed for us, I did something very out of character and used a cake mix; and to stick with the theme, I made it banana-flavored by adding a box of banana pudding to a plain white cake mix. I sprinkled a little bit of cinnamon-sugar on the beach to give it a more sand-like texture.
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4 comments:
Holy crap! Great job, Sarah! That cake looks delicious!
Thanks, Zach! I had meant to include Sharky McSharkington in the waves, too, but I tinted all the gray frosting black before I remembered.
What a rockin' cake Sarah. Yours leaves this one in the dust!
http://www.seriouseats.com/2009/02/ace-of-cakes-abc-lost-cake-100th-episode-may-9.html
did you study cake design or something? your very good at it. do you have any reference to share on how to design a cake?
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