Help! I need a miracle...ds wants a Sonic cake....

[ShyBaby]

The cake isn't the problem, im not too dim, I can manage a sponge.

However....I have never actually decorated one. What icing do I use? How do I stick it on?

What do I do, try and make it in the shape of Sonic? make a round one and draw on it? make a round one and make the picture out of more icing? Help!!

so many questions and not enough time

[tortoise]

Cheat and buy this

[cornsilk]

sainsburys do picture cakes - just take a pic along and they put it on the top.

[ShyBaby]

Drawing I can do, im pretty good at it (and Sonic is easy!) Where would I get paste colour? I have a black icing pen (about all I have got).

whispers do you have to put marzipan on sponge cakes because im assuming not?

[ShyBaby]

Oh bum, im never going to get those in time. We dont have any such shops near me, only supermarkets.

[Clary]

shybaby look in yellow pages, you'd be surprised (re cake shops I mean).

I live in a smallish city and there a couple of outlets within a few miles.

[ShyBaby]

Ok, I have an Asda (useless), a Sainsburys and a Tesco....will I find any of the stuff I need in said stores?

[ShyBaby]

Well if there's no pic of it on here by this time next week you'll know my efforts were shit rubbish .

Pathetic. I've just tiled my bathroom but stick me in a kitchen?!

[stealthsquiggle]

I just came up (independently) with exactly the same as tortoise... seriously - why not?

[stealthsquiggle]

try searching for sonic cake in flickr - there are several with pictures on the cake, and this one which is sonic-shaped...

If you are going to cut it to shape use madiera cake and make sure it is cold (even frozen) before you start carving.

[Clary]

oooh stealth good tip re cuttign frozen cake.

Less crumble I'm thinking

[ShyBaby]

Oh no, you cant bring freezing into it too, my head may explode!

[stealthsquiggle]

fridge-cold will do, but cold/frozen gives you sharper lines and less crumbs.

Good Luck - you can do it, you know you can.