Shopping Cart
Your Cart is Empty
Quantity:
Subtotal
Taxes
Shipping
Total
There was an error with PayPalClick here to try again
CelebrateThank you for your business!You should be receiving an order confirmation from Paypal shortly.Exit Shopping Cart

Luna

Sweets

Blog

Blog

My Adventure with Wall-E

Posted on September 12, 2017 at 4:15 PM


This past weekend I worked on recreating Wall-E, the title character for the movie produced by Pixar for Walt Disney Pictures. The client wanted an off the menu flavor, opting for a chocolate cake filled with peanut butter mousse, kind of like a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, yum!

From the moment I took the order I knew it will be a challenge. First, the cake needed to be lifted off the board to give the illusion that Wall-e was standing on it's own wheels. Second, the head. The huge, off to the back and sides, with the big lens eyes needed to be supported by a skinny little neck. How am I going to do this?!?!?! 

I started to get anxious as the days drew closer to the event date. I still had not figure out how I was going to pull this off. The week of had finally arrived so I couldn't waste any more time. On Monday I drew up the plans for the structure and asked Papa Sweet to build it for me. It stood 2 inches off the cake board base, in my eyes it felt like 2 stories high, ugh! my precious cake was going to be sitting up so high off the board, I thought. 


By Friday the cake was baked and I had printed out some still images of Wall-e from the film. He looked rusty, dirty so I thought I can create this look by using my airbrush gun and painting rust by hand.

Saturday I made the peanut butter mousse. I used creamy peanut butter, whipped cream, and cream cheese, it tasted divine. Why wasn't this flavor on my menu?! 

I started to tort and frost the 4 layers of chocolate cake, and covered in yellow buttercup fondant. Now it was time to know the truth, will the support Papa Sweets build would hold the heavy cake? I could only place it and hope for the best...and guess what? it worked! I was so excited! One down, two more battles to go. 

Then I made the head, arms and wheels using RKT (rice krispies treats). I molded it into the shape I wanted, proportionally to the body, frosted it and covered in fondant. RKT is not that heavy, since the cereal is mostly air. However, once you add the frosting and fondant, the pieces become really heavy in need of support and really strong "glue" to hold it together. You can just put a little edible glue and hope it will hold, I needed to take out the big guns, aka. royal icing, and support dowels. 


First thing I stock to the main body were the wheels, since they are resting on the cake board, that was easy peasy. Then I added the arms. I could feel how the "hand" was weighing down the whole thing so I added some temporary support as it dried. 


Finally, it was time for the head. Sunday morning at 3 am. Eastern Standard Time, I place the big head, with those big lens eyes on top of that skinny "neck". Wall-e looked extra sad and it wasn't his big droopy eyes. The head was tilting down as if he was looking for something that feel on the grown. I tried adjusting the head to be at eye level and then.....CRACK! the head split in two pieces right in between the eyes. The horror!!!

It was way past a decent bed time, I was exhausted and all I could do was look at the decapitated robot. My mind was so overwhelmed with sleep that I couldn't think straight. How will I fix this now? and what if I make another head and splits in two AGAIN?! 

I grabbed the last few pieces of RKT left and started sculpting the head once again. I dediced to make it a bit smaller this time to compensate for the extra weight of the frosting and fondant. I stock the eyes that I was able to salvage to the new head and tried once again. 

It was a miracle! the head stood all on its own and it looked secure with no chance of cracks. I was so happy I almost forgot that I was dead tired. So I grabbed the finished cake, put it in the fridge for the next few hours before pick up and went to bed feeling accomplished. 


The next day, the client picked up, had their party and later reached out to me and told me that I had "killed it", if only I could've said that his cake almost killed me :D


Categories: Cake Stories, Inspiration

Post a Comment

Oops!

Oops, you forgot something.

Oops!

The words you entered did not match the given text. Please try again.

61805 Comments

Reply centercintas
9:40 PM on March 21, 2021 
black and yellow melo 13 elite barkevious mingo womens jersey cleveland browns 51 drift fashion brown nfl how to make a baby hat with yarn youtube red lebron 15 billig nike air max tn yupoo 2017 billig nike epic react flyknit white red grey shoes on sale billig
centercintas http://www.centercintas.net/
Reply retro jordans
9:34 PM on March 21, 2021 
I and my guys came reading through the good pointers from the blog while instantly I had a horrible feeling I had not expressed respect to the web blog owner for those tips. The boys are actually certainly stimulated to read all of them and have in effect absolutely been taking advantage of them. I appreciate you for indeed being so accommodating and also for figuring out these kinds of really good issues millions of individuals are really wanting to understand about. My personal sincere apologies for not saying thanks to sooner.
retro jordans http://www.retro-jordans.us.com
Reply jesspeahkeyday
8:59 PM on March 21, 2021 
credit karma ck my credit score free annual credit report government my free credit report annual how to check your credit score https://fastcheckcreditscore.com/ - credit score free
Reply Founnycoewdyday
8:56 PM on March 21, 2021 
transunion credit report dispute https://creditscoreusd.com/ - freecreditscore credit report scores annual credit score
Reply supreme clothing
8:53 PM on March 21, 2021 
I precisely wanted to say thanks all over again. I'm not certain what I would've sorted out without the type of creative concepts shared by you regarding my situation. It had been a depressing difficulty for me, however , encountering this specialized approach you resolved it took me to leap for gladness. I'm happier for the help as well as expect you recognize what an amazing job you happen to be putting in teaching the others through the use of your web blog. Probably you have never come across all of us.
supreme clothing http://www.supremeclothing.us.org
Reply 100% real jordans for cheap
8:51 PM on March 21, 2021 
I am glad for writing to make you understand of the exceptional encounter my cousin's child gained reading your web site. She picked up some pieces, most notably how it is like to possess a very effective teaching mood to make a number of people very easily gain knowledge of several problematic things. You really did more than her desires. Thanks for producing the powerful, dependable, explanatory not to mention easy thoughts on this topic to Ethel.
100% real jordans for cheap http://www.jordansforcheap.us.com
Reply yeezy supply
8:43 PM on March 21, 2021 
I really wanted to develop a simple comment to appreciate you for these fantastic concepts you are placing at this site. My incredibly long internet search has now been honored with really good points to go over with my great friends. I 'd say that many of us readers actually are quite lucky to be in a fine community with many perfect individuals with helpful plans. I feel very much happy to have seen the webpages and look forward to many more fabulous times reading here. Thanks a lot once again for a lot of things.
yeezy supply http://www.adidasyeezysupply.com
Reply supreme
8:31 PM on March 21, 2021 
I simply desired to thank you so much once more. I am not sure what I would've achieved without the entire methods revealed by you about this subject matter. This has been a frightful matter in my position, but observing this skilled fashion you managed it took me to weep with delight. Extremely happy for your advice and then believe you know what an amazing job you happen to be putting in educating most people thru your webblog. Most probably you haven't got to know any of us.
supreme http://www.supremeclothingsstore.com
Reply golden goose outlet
8:11 PM on March 21, 2021 
Thank you for your own labor on this blog. My mother delights in getting into research and it's easy to see why. A number of us notice all regarding the dynamic way you present precious suggestions via your website and therefore recommend response from website visitors on this situation so our favorite daughter is really starting to learn a lot. Enjoy the rest of the year. You're conducting a really good job.
golden goose outlet http://www.goldengooses.us
Reply docinsider
8:10 PM on March 21, 2021 
white and blue 13s jordans nike kobe 10 elevate 2017 adidas crazy light boost 2015 yellow wallpaper vancouver canucks green jersey adidas eqt support goretex taiwan billig pink yankees fitted hat for cheap
docinsider http://www.docinsider.net/
Reply IncegepepFund
8:00 PM on March 21, 2021 
credit scoring free credit karma official site experian free credit report how to credit score https://creditscorewww.com/ - best credit score
Reply IncegepepFund
7:53 PM on March 21, 2021 
equifax credit report https://creditscoresmy.com/ equifax business credit report my credit score free highest credit score possible
Reply Deloamiancenia
7:47 PM on March 21, 2021 
free credit score check how to get a credit report check my credit score credit karma
Reply Founnycoewdyday
7:40 PM on March 21, 2021 
how to improve credit score https://getcreditreportstats.com/ - best credit score how to check credit score for free get my credit score check credit
Reply Deloamiancenia
7:40 PM on March 21, 2021 
free annual credit report government https://creditscoresmy.com/ - credit report dispute check my credit mortgage credit report
Reply FrefHoraProolla
7:39 PM on March 21, 2021 
boost credit score https://freecreditreportstats.com/ - equifax credit report how to raise credit score free online credit report how to credit report
Reply Founnycoewdyday
7:31 PM on March 21, 2021 
get payday loan https://onlineloansinstant.com/ - payday loan lenders real payday loan cash advance
Reply yeezy
7:31 PM on March 21, 2021 
I wanted to draft you that tiny note in order to say thanks the moment again for those extraordinary principles you've shown on this page. It's certainly incredibly open-handed with people like you to supply without restraint what a few people would've offered for an e book to get some money for their own end, especially considering the fact that you could have tried it if you ever wanted. These guidelines likewise worked like a great way to recognize that some people have a similar dream much like mine to see somewhat more with regards to this matter. I believe there are many more enjoyable periods up front for many who scan through your blog post.
yeezy http://www.yeezy350boost.us.com
Reply ¥Ö¥é¥¤¥È¥ê¥ó¥°?rÓ??ÎÎï
7:24 PM on March 21, 2021 
Home Sofa Price https://www.supplyini.com/home-sofa-price/
����?���???���`�?`���?`?�?� https://www.lachabetaine.be/gite-myosotis-indigo/
Reply jesspeahkeyday
7:15 PM on March 21, 2021 
https://freecreditreportstats.com/ get credit report - free credit report annual credit report official site good credit score credit bureau
0