I can't believe I managed to get a Christmas cake done this year unlike last Christmas. I actually started quite early with this one. I did have to take a mini break while making it as I had a couple of last min orders. 🤶🏻❤️
-I baked a 12" cake for this project and then divided it into three pieces of 9" x 3½ and one piece of 5" x 2½ for the window display base.
-Please ignore the blue Smurf buttercream filling as it was leftover from a cake order and I didn't want it going to waste.
-Hubby helped a lot with the lighting of this cake. The cake board for the roof measures 10" x 7". We used 9 volt bulbs and a 9 volt adaptor. The street lamp we made was also connected to the same adaptor.
-The PME strip cutter has been an absolute life saver. You'll see me using it most of the time in the video. Turns out I also own a perfect size PME brick embosser which was sitting at the back of my 'cutters' drawer I only found it when the cake was completed 🤦🏻‍♀️
-For the shelf I'd suggest using skewers and not cocktail sticks as these are small. My shelf almost fell after I'd put on the toys so I had to re-do the entire shelf using skewers instead.
-For the acetate I cut one piece of 12½" x 11½" (11½" height) two pieces of 6½" x 11½ and one extra piece 12½" x 6½" which you've seen me adding to the top of the window for extra support. The window trim made of fondant ( not sure if that's the right word) was done on both sides of the window for all the windows. When you attach the window panes together please leave this to dry firm for 6 hrs or overnight.
-The choc bar I added as a wall was a perfect fit. The length was short only by a few cms nothing a strip of fondant couldn't fix.
-I mostly used edible glue and royal icing to glue things but for heavier pieces or pieces that had no support I preferred melted dark choc. That thing really did the job well.
-The grey edible paint is simply black and white dust mixed together in vodka. I wanted to create a 'cement' effect in-between the bricks.
-When you cover the board (roof) please mind the wires when cutting out the piece to expose the connector.
-The pillar mold is available online as Roman Column Silicon mold.
-The pink alphabet embossers I'd actually got them along with a cake magazine I'd used to collect many years back.
-I added pieces of cocktail sticks to the small grey fondant wall I made to hold the shop sign just for extra support. I haven't written down the measurement for the sign board because the size will depend entirely on how tall the grey wall is behind. Please allow it to dry for a few hours before adding on the sign board.
-The trees on the sides of the shop are made from fondant before I piped the royal icing on them.
-The template link for the posters are added below.
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I hope I've answered all your questions. If I've missed out on anything please leave me a comment below and I'll try and get back to you.
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Thank you to our KZread family for your views, your comments, likes and of course your constant sharing. I know I haven't been uploading much this year but I intend to change that but please keep doing what you always do. Your support is what keeps us going
May this Christmas and the coming year 2024 🎄 bring joy and peace to your families and throughout the world 🥰❤️🌍
God bless you all 🙏🏼
Have a lovely Christmas.
Much love,
Maria and family xxx
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