Ziggy Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Hi everyone... seems like a lot of people here make cakes at home, or are generally good at making things from scratch, so thought I'd ask you all... I am wanting to make a cake for a friend, and am looking for ideas for the design, I want it to look good but not over-complicated (my girls will help me make it, and we won't have hours and hours to make an over complicated masterpiece)... the idea is that it should be a motorbike cake... I have been looking, and am still looking, for ideas in books and online, but so far I have only found stuff that only a team of professionals could do, or cakes made in a motorbike mould... I'd like to make it in normal moulds and put it together myself, but need some pictures, advise and so on for inspiration... So if anyone has any ideas, pictures, links or anything to share, I'd be very grateful... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Could you do something with two circle cakes and a rectangle? Hang on I'll go use paint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperman Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 You could take a lead from the skoda advert. The wheels should be easy enough, Easter egg for the petrol tank, a couple of mars bars for the seat, liquorice exhaust, tutti fruity encrusted headlight. I am sure it will be a Triumph! Kev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 I tried but it looked more like an old car I would do a large retangle cake and put an outline on paper over the top and cut around. then use decoration tmake it look like a bike. Havign said that I'm not an experienced cake maker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 or do something like this which would probably be a lot simpler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 You could take a lead from the skoda advert. The wheels should be easy enough, Easter egg for the petrol tank, a couple of mars bars for the seat, liquorice exhaust, tutti fruity encrusted headlight. I am sure it will be a Triumph! Kev. i love your sense of humour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Or if it's easier make a rectangular cake and paint a picture on it in icing? Will think of more ideas wait one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 Thanks everyone... there's nothing like hearing some suggestions to get the mind working on a design... I love the idea of using liquorice and mars bars and stuff to do the detail around cake wheels... I've drawn a basic idea which will hopefully evolve a little bit and end up looking good enough (don't want it to look like a wheelbarrow!!) yet straightforward enough... Making it in 8 days... will post a picture if it looks good enough By the way, sorry for posting this in the wrong place to start with, I guess I had thought of it as a design issue rather than a cooking question... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 If you get stuck, I'm sure you can get photographs put onto cakes (I think Safeway did it for us years ago for my YS's birthday but don't know who does it now). I'm sure you'll manage it though - good luck . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted February 14, 2008 Author Share Posted February 14, 2008 Hi everyone... Quick update on the motorbike cake thing.... this is the result... nothing to boast about maybe, but I was still quite happy with it, and it tasted very nice too... My friend, whom the cake was made for, liked it... it was a 'first meeting' celebration cake for a friend I have been in touch with for four years but never met in person before... we've had the most emotional week, starting with huge trouble in Heathrow when immigration wouldn't let him in (we were kept for 5 hours of intense questioning), then finally had a wonderful time and again most emotional goodbyes today... I'm glad I made the cake... I'm definitely drained now and champagne and chocolate are a necessity... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Ziggy, you should be really proud of that cake - it looks great . How did you get those spokes so straight . It sounds like a very moving experience meeting your friend. I'm happy for you that it turned out so well . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Wow what a cake It's lovely meeting up with friends- and crying when you part means you have both had a really great time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Brilliant it sounds like your cake was a hit, I'm glad you had a great time. Karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Super cake! Did you design it yourself? I'm glad your meeting went well. Sounds as if there might be an interesting story there. Not that I'm nosey or owt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted February 15, 2008 Author Share Posted February 15, 2008 Thanks everybody... the cake was a very dense intense chocolate flavour, very rich and tasty... I did design it myself, after googling for ideas and finding nothing I would like, I just got a picture of my friend's actual motorbike and drew it in 'cartoon' way, trying to just bring the broad shape into blocks I could carve from cake... then we just put some icing sugar on the top of each bit... The shiny bits are just straws wrapped in foil... There is an interesting story Egluntine, though I'm not sure it would belong in the 'All things Nice' section .... though after the curries my friend taught me how to make this week, maybe it would, it's always been a very culinary-oriented friendship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Lovely cake Ziggy - I'm glad it all went well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Lovely cake You know we are all now really intrigued When you are ready we will all be sitting comfortably Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted February 15, 2008 Author Share Posted February 15, 2008 It's not that interesting, just a lovely friendship across the continents... I'll tell another time, when I've recovered from all the emotions... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 mmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
