A Sweet Life Cakery

So I had a friend request a cake to look like Jonas Brothers but the request was changed and she later asked for Zac Efron.  I had to think about this because it's really not always easy recreating someone in cake.  This is a brief glimpse into another method I used to do a Cake Face.  This is the other method I came up with by making it out of cake unlike the Cake Face 101 version which is crispy treats.

I started with one of those styrofoam heads from a beauty supply store that are used to put wigs on.  I cut the styro from a portion of the nose upward if you can visualize so that upper portion can be made of cake.  The photo below shows the head once I have cut and mounted my cake on top.  The barrier between is a cake board cut to size.

***I would highly recommend pre-drilling supports through the styro which can be mounted to your base board as the head is top heavy and can tip breaking the neck away from the base of your cake which you will shape as shoulders.***

As you can see above, the cake is trimed and iced to look the same shape and size of the styro portion you cut away initially.  I used one single oval and an egg pan trimmed to size and proportion.

This is another view:

From this point, you need to just lightly give the styro a little schmere of b.c. so the fondant would stick.  Then you can proceed to overlay the fondant and sculpt out the features as I did with Cake Face 101.  As a side note, I think I would try a different approach next time by first overlaying white modeling chocolate and then over lay with Fondant as it would give a better structure to the facial features once you start sculpting them out with the fondant which is going to be on top.  The structure of the face has to be solid enough to hold the facial features on well.  As you can see the stryro has a little bony structure if you will and this will help almost like a skeleton of the face but you really have to sculpt out the features to get the look you are trying to achieve.

If you have not read Cake Face 101 first, go back and take a look at some of the tips about sculpting a face.  I'll avoid repeating those steps for this blog entry.

Essentially, after this point, it's all just a matter of manipulating to get the face you are happy with.  for me, it's still a work in progress but I'm very much loving doing faces now.

Ok, so this is during the process, I had to keep adding, taking away, etc.  My biggest advice, try to work away from a draft as it dries out the fondant too quick. Keep a shrowd of pastic wrap on the portions not being worked onto prevent drying out.  You can always smooth out the slight marks from the plastic later.  Also some of the features can be manipulated through the plastic so you don't always have to expose it to the air until you are ready.

It's a work in progress but here is the end result.

Have fun if you try this project.  Again, my best advice, make sure you have enough supports in the cake and keep it free from drafts while sculpting the features out.  Then basically all you do is color with an airbrush or your method of choice and add the different features.

Thanks for visiting.

~Melissa

A Sweet Life Cakery