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.

61633 Comments

Reply KhupBob
10:12 AM on July 25, 2020 
comprar is bayer espaa

0584 sale is online

0584 mail order is mexico

0584
Reply StanislavaBob
9:59 AM on July 25, 2020 
843e11 were buy cialis pills



buy cialis
Reply ShalimeBob
9:42 AM on July 25, 2020 
a7a621 je vend du viagra

https://viagratodaybest.com/ - buy viagra online

buying viagra online reviews

https://viagratodo20.com/ - viagra without a doctor prescription usa

que es mejor viagra o levitra

http://viagrauyr.com/ - viagra online
Reply PaulJes
9:42 AM on July 25, 2020 
inderal tablet price brand name zofran can you buy real cialis online purchase ivermectin fluoxetine medication uk
Reply PopelkaBob
9:13 AM on July 25, 2020 
383111 purchase cialis india



buy cialiscost of cialis once a day



buy generic cialis
Reply MenezBob
8:30 AM on July 25, 2020 
cheap is 20mg caps

49e2
Reply EvelinaBob
8:20 AM on July 25, 2020 
venta is barata

370d best is dosage

370d is for sale oz pills

370d is is safe to take daily

370d
Reply JahairBob
8:16 AM on July 25, 2020 
be is online new zealand

f8f0 contre indication is

f8f0
Reply KyzerBob
8:09 AM on July 25, 2020 
the best choice is dosage

f371 seriose is shops

f371 is en fiv

f371
Reply VitaBob
8:00 AM on July 25, 2020 
dosage for is

bedf is good

bedf
Reply VitaBob
7:59 AM on July 25, 2020 
6f5611 we choice soft cialis tablets



online cialisi use it cheap discount cialis



online cialis
Reply TinaBob
6:59 AM on July 25, 2020 
cat costa o pastila is

f10a is tadalafil ligne

f10a cheap supply of is

f10a
Reply nike lebron shoes
6:46 AM on July 25, 2020 
I intended to compose you that very small word just to give thanks once again for your awesome strategies you've shown on this website. This is really extremely open-handed of you to allow freely precisely what a number of us would have marketed as an electronic book in making some money on their own, certainly considering that you could have done it in the event you considered necessary. These good ideas likewise acted to become a fantastic way to comprehend other people online have a similar desire like my personal own to find out much more with regards to this condition. I am certain there are some more pleasurable sessions in the future for people who read through your blog.
nike lebron shoes http://www.lebron17.us
Reply AshJes
6:27 AM on July 25, 2020 
10mg seroquel buy vardenafil online uk paxil 30
Reply NyushaBob
6:15 AM on July 25, 2020 
history viagra uk

http://viagrayqdd.com/ - buy viagra

canadian viagra
Reply moncler jacket
6:09 AM on July 25, 2020 
My husband and i have been fortunate Raymond managed to round up his research from the ideas he received out of your web page. It's not at all simplistic to just always be giving out helpful tips which often a number of people have been selling. And we also figure out we need the blog owner to give thanks to because of that. The specific illustrations you've made, the simple blog menu, the relationships you make it possible to instill - it's mostly wonderful, and it's really making our son and our family believe that the subject matter is entertaining, and that's extraordinarily fundamental. Thanks for all!
moncler jacket http://www.monclersoutletstore.com
Reply MaryJes
5:39 AM on July 25, 2020 
medicine inderal 40 tretinoin cream otc acyclovir 49 buy antabuse australia lisinopril 12.5 dipyridamole tabs motilium drug buy avana 100 mg 10 mg prednisone tablets proscar generic buy
Reply LuttsevBob
3:51 AM on July 25, 2020 
acheter viagra cialis lign

http://viagraeuw.com/ - buy generic viagra

buy viagra onlinebuy 4 viagra pills online

https://viagrahere20.com/ - buy viagra

buy viagraviagra generic discount

http://viagrakiqw.com/ - online viagra

cheap viagraviagra alternative in stores

http://viagraoier.com/ - buy viagra

viagra cheap
Reply LiahmBob
2:56 AM on July 25, 2020 
1fd011 super active cialis generic



buy cialis onlinebrand cialis perth australia



generic cialis 2018
Reply LingelbachRylinBob
2:45 AM on July 25, 2020 
link for you sale viagra

https://viagratodaybest.com/ - canadian viagra
viagra commercial youtube

viagra seris bestellen 50mg
0