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.

61813 Comments

Reply Founnycoewdyday
5:22 PM on March 4, 2021 
heart of vegas free slots 300 free slots of vegas quick hits free slots real casino slots
Reply Deloamiancenia
5:21 PM on March 4, 2021 
zone online casino las vegas casinos free slots vegas world free games online hollywood casino online slots
Reply avana
5:20 PM on March 4, 2021 
avana tablet avanafil 200
Reply Founnycoewdyday
5:15 PM on March 4, 2021 
get a credit report credit karma my annual credit report equifax credit report free annual
Reply Deloamiancenia
5:14 PM on March 4, 2021 
alpine cbd oil cbd oil stores near me cdb oils fab cbd oil https://hempcbdoilgh.biz/ - cbd full spectrum
Reply IncegepepFund
5:13 PM on March 4, 2021 
slot games with bonus spins no download no registration slots lady luck casino caruthersville pechanga casino https://freecasinoslotsnow.com/ - free casino for fun only
Reply air jordan
4:52 PM on March 4, 2021 
I must convey my gratitude for your kindness supporting individuals that have the need for guidance on this one question. Your personal dedication to getting the solution throughout turned out to be unbelievably helpful and has in most cases helped some individuals like me to realize their aims. This important help and advice means a whole lot to me and substantially more to my office colleagues. Thanks a lot; from everyone of us.
air jordan http://www.airjordansstore.com
Reply kobe shoes
4:43 PM on March 4, 2021 
I am only commenting to make you understand of the incredible encounter my friend's daughter enjoyed viewing your web page. She discovered plenty of issues, most notably how it is like to have a very effective helping spirit to let a number of people without difficulty master chosen impossible things. You undoubtedly did more than visitors' expected results. Thank you for churning out those valuable, safe, revealing and fun thoughts on the topic to Sandra.
kobe shoes http://www.kobe.us.com
Reply FrefHoraProolla
4:31 PM on March 4, 2021 
best cbd what is hemp used for premium cbd oil reviews cbd gummies for sale walmart https://cbdoilwow.biz/
Reply IncegepepFund
4:30 PM on March 4, 2021 
how to get a free credit report https://creditreportcheckstats.com/ - free credit reports check my credit score for free free credit score check online credit report
Reply pandora
4:20 PM on March 4, 2021 
My spouse and i felt absolutely peaceful that Raymond managed to finish off his preliminary research by way of the ideas he gained through the web pages. It's not at all simplistic to simply always be releasing helpful hints which often men and women may have been selling. And we all do understand we have the website owner to appreciate for that. These illustrations you have made, the simple site navigation, the friendships you assist to create - it's got most incredible, and it's assisting our son and our family reckon that that topic is brilliant, and that is very fundamental. Many thanks for all the pieces!
pandora http://www.pandora-jewelrys.us.com
Reply kd12
3:59 PM on March 4, 2021 
I wish to show my admiration for your kind-heartedness in support of people who absolutely need assistance with your concern. Your real commitment to getting the message across was amazingly good and has specifically empowered guys much like me to get to their endeavors. Your own helpful hints and tips entails so much a person like me and much more to my office colleagues. Thanks a lot; from everyone of us.
kd12 http://www.kd12.org
Reply FrefHoraProolla
3:47 PM on March 4, 2021 
https://fastcheckcreditscores.com/ dispute credit report experian plc how to get credit report free credit score online
Reply jesspeahkeyday
3:35 PM on March 4, 2021 
all slots casino online casinos real money best online gambling sites for real money heart of vegas free slots
Reply IncegepepFund
3:28 PM on March 4, 2021 
tommy chong's cbd oil premium cbd oil diamond cbd purekana https://cbdtincturesui.biz/ - medterra cbd
Reply FrefHoraProolla
3:23 PM on March 4, 2021 
cbd oil benefits buy cannabis oil cbd hemp https://cbdproductswin.biz/
Reply Founnycoewdyday
3:19 PM on March 4, 2021 
https://freecasinoslotsmatic.com/ all free casino slot games sugarhouse online casino slot games free chumba casino
Reply Deloamiancenia
3:18 PM on March 4, 2021 
https://freecasinoslotsmatic.com/ da vinci diamonds free online slots simslots free slots new no deposit casino usa caesars online casino
Reply Deloamiancenia
3:18 PM on March 4, 2021 
get credit score my credit score free how to improve my credit score
Reply retro jordans
3:17 PM on March 4, 2021 
I have to convey my admiration for your generosity giving support to all those that absolutely need guidance on this important issue. Your personal commitment to getting the message all around was incredibly interesting and has in most cases encouraged women much like me to attain their ambitions. Your own invaluable publication denotes a lot a person like me and especially to my fellow workers. Thanks a lot; from everyone of us.
retro jordans http://www.retro-jordans.us.com
0