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Sewing Machine Cake?
Has anyone any experience with constructing and decorating a “standing-up” Sewing Machine cake please?
I am planning on using a 10” square Chocolate Mud cake, sectioned into the building blocks, chocolate ganache and sugarpaste covered, but can visualise potential problems with supporting the “needle end” of the upper arm.
I am working on the idea to perhaps making a support frame, similar to that used for Hamish the Heeland Coo, using 3mm cake board under the top section and a dowel to support the “needle end”. I anticipate the lower needle assembly would have to be made from Krispy Treats as the CM cake would be too heavy for a single dowel to support.
I would welcome any pearls of wisdom from anyone who has attempted this or has any success/failure on what appears to be more challenging that first appears.
If there seems to be little or no info, for what it’s worth I will photograph the steps as I go along. If it works, you’ll all want it – if it doesn’t, you can have a laugh! 🙂
Has anyone any experience with constructing and decorating a “standing-up” Sewing Machine cake please?
I am planning on using a 10” square Chocolate Mud cake, sectioned into the building blocks, chocolate ganache and sugarpaste covered, but can visualise potential problems with supporting the “needle end” of the upper arm.
I am working on the idea to perhaps making a support frame, similar to that used for Hamish the Heeland Coo, using 3mm cake board under the top section and a dowel to support the “needle end”. I anticipate the lower needle assembly would have to be made from Krispy Treats as the CM cake would be too heavy for a single dowel to support.
I would welcome any pearls of wisdom from anyone who has attempted this or has any success/failure on what appears to be more challenging that first appears.
If there seems to be little or no info, for what it’s worth I will photograph the steps as I go along. If it works, you’ll all want it – if it doesn’t, you can have a laugh! 🙂
Hello headrabbit
I’ve just had a look on youtube and there’s a tutorial on a Singer type sewing machine using dare I say the dreaded rice krispie treats! Just put into YT how to make a sewing machine cake and it’ll come straight up. Might help a little as companion to your own ideas. x
Hello R,
Many thanks for that. Yes, I had explored YT for ideas but to be honest the two I found were, in my opinion, not really in the Designer-Cakes league. The Ace-of-cakes Overlocker was quite impressive but they didn’t give much detail on how they constructed it. But they are useful if only to highlight the difficulties and pitfalls :-). Dx
Hi Headrabbit
I had the same problem last year, when making a cake for my aunt 90th birthday. In the end I just made a cake and put a sewing machine cake topper on with lots of sewing items, thimble, tape-measure pin-cushion. I have posted a photo on Paul’s facebook for you to look at. Hope it helps.
It is under This is for headrabbit.
Jackie
Many thanks for that, Jackie.
The more I explore the idea the more challenging it seems to get! However, I am still working on the idea of a “Hamish” support frame which I think should work if I get the dimensions right.
Watch this space 🙂
Dx
