Record decks cake

[lucysmam]

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I need some ideas for this one, I'm nowhere near capable of making them look like that I don't think & can't afford to spend a fortune on them but thought a simpler version of these may be possible.

So, I have a couple of questions . . . any idea how I could ,make the record turn on the turntable? My BIL is hoping I can do this & I can definately do a very much simpler version if I can manage this!

Would you use straws or icing to make the 'arm' that plays the record?

& can you get edible paint any cheaper than a fiver anywhere online? I've been searching but am struggling

Oh, and, any ideas what I could make a longish oblong cake board out of that I might already have in the house?

I know not everyone's an expert cake maker, me neither but thought someone out there would maybe have a few ideas I could put to use

Thanks for any suggestions

Hiya, what amazing cakes on that site! I think you would struggle to make the record turn, you could make the cake the deck part, and then put a wooden dowel or a straw or chopstick cut to lenght in it, then cut out a thin cardboard record with hole to go on the dowel and decorate it with felt pens or whatever to look like a record. If you cover the cake in sugarpaste, put the dowel in and then let it harden a bit for a couple of days before the record goes on i think it would be possible to turn. If you tried to do a cake record on a board or cardboard round, I think it would be too heavy to turn on another cake. I would definitely make the arm out of icing, but have it at the side, not on the cake, i would use sugarpaste to make it i think.
Have you looked on ebay for food colours, you can buy several together on there in the colour you want. You can use pastes to paint with, thin them with vodka if you need to.
Make a cake board using a chopping board, cover in foil? you can get cake boards reasonably on ebay too. but a chopping board would be fine.
good luck with it!

i mean have the arm on the side of the record not on the record!
also, i sometimes cover cake boards by colouring sugar with food colour and then dampening the board and sprinkling it on, you could try this if you dont fancy foil.

thanks geraldine, I think I'll leave the turning record thing. I'm not planning to spend forever on this one, haven't got the time for that next week. Didn't know about thinning pastes with vodka, will try that this evening with a couple I have & then check out ebay for the ones I want.

Chopping board is a good idea for a cake board, mine is glass but local £1 shop sells plastic ones I could cover.

Thanks for the ideas, much appreciated

youre welcome, good luck with it! I think if you cut out a record shape from icing (cut rould a plate and a saucer?)ive done records like this on a smaller scale before, then you can put a personal message on the record to look like the song title!

I'd have to find out the title of something he listens to first! All I hear is "thump thump thump thump" & then a break before he skips to the next track, which goes "thump thump thump thump" They all sound the same

hahahaha i can imagine! good luck with that!!