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.

61797 Comments

Reply Jebgambup
6:35 AM on May 7, 2021 
Coversyl Glycomet Biaxin
Reply buildmymove
6:25 AM on May 7, 2021 
kd 11 rózsaszín footlocker shona joy lace cocktail midi ruha noir clover fitted chapeau lg g6 sag with card holder mint zielony chunky obcasy hvit sleeveless midi kjole
buildmymove http://www.buildmymove.com/
Reply flixscout
6:25 AM on May 7, 2021 
alle hvit formal kjole hugo boss mayfair tasche pantaloncini nike training noir et blanc nike air max 270 retro 4 fire rojo brock lesnar wwe wwe custom 9fifty snapback berretto
flixscout http://www.flixscout.com/
Reply flcodecamp
6:25 AM on May 7, 2021 
oakland athletics new era mlb fathers day 39thirty casquette k8 sag srebrne air maxy hvit open shoulder kjole herschel post rucksack tute da uomo nike
flcodecamp http://www.flcodecamp.com/
Reply jheuss
6:25 AM on May 7, 2021 
nike air max 270 neon verde notre dame golf cappello arany adidas predators 2019 plus size fekete cocktail ruha rangers hockey chapeau samsung galaxy note 8 phone tegnebog sag
jheuss http://www.jheuss.com/
Reply cabbitrecords
6:24 AM on May 7, 2021 
nba christmas buty gull glitter long sleeve kjole stylish professional rucksack magliette psg jordan nike kyrie flytrap 2 rouge ultra boost 2.0 limited oro medal
cabbitrecords http://www.cabbitrecords.com/
Reply Loans For Bad Credit
6:16 AM on May 7, 2021 
loans with no bank account required
Reply certivox
6:13 AM on May 7, 2021 
womens rain hats automotive coolant temperature industrial scientific flange block bearings bady bathing bathing tubs seats womens wedding dresses dresses 5 mens active tracksuits
certivox http://us.certivox.net/
Reply AmyJes
5:46 AM on May 7, 2021 
viagra 100mg online in canada
Reply halfwitwines
5:39 AM on May 7, 2021 
industrial scientific shims shim stock home kitchen rug pads 6 home kitchen barbecue turners womens wear to work skirts 1 tools home improvement vents industrial scientific center drill inserts 1
halfwitwines http://us.halfwitwines.net/
Reply crozetrose
5:21 AM on May 7, 2021 
just do it air force 1 low white billig new york yankees hard hat origin nike air max 1 womens silver red sox hats for toddlers quiz adidas stan smith germany schwarz nike air max tavas university rouge noir
crozetrose http://www.crozetrose.com/
Reply CarlJes
5:16 AM on May 7, 2021 
order lasix online cheap where to buy tadalafil in singapore provigil nz cheap zoloft cost for cialis 20mg
Reply golden goose outlet
5:13 AM on May 7, 2021 
My husband and i felt so fulfilled when Ervin managed to do his survey through the ideas he was given through your web page. It is now and again perplexing to just choose to be freely giving guides that many some people might have been trying to sell. And we also fully understand we now have the writer to give thanks to for that. The most important explanations you've made, the simple blog navigation, the friendships you help to instill - it's got mostly superb, and it's assisting our son and the family reckon that the concept is fun, which is certainly exceedingly important. Many thanks for everything!
golden goose outlet http://www.goldengooses.us
Reply moncler outlet
5:12 AM on May 7, 2021 
I and my buddies were taking note of the nice recommendations located on your site while suddenly I had a terrible suspicion I never thanked the website owner for them. All the women are actually for this reason happy to read all of them and now have certainly been loving those things. Appreciation for simply being considerably accommodating and also for picking out variety of great subject areas millions of individuals are really eager to discover. My sincere apologies for not saying thanks to you earlier.
moncler outlet http://www.monclerjackets.us.org
Reply yeezys
4:57 AM on May 7, 2021 
I would like to show my respect for your generosity giving support to individuals who absolutely need help with your situation. Your very own dedication to getting the solution along had been rather informative and have in most cases helped guys and women just like me to get to their goals. Your personal interesting instruction means so much to me and even more to my mates. Thank you; from everyone of us.
yeezys http://www.yeezy-shoes.us.org
Reply hwacompendium
4:57 AM on May 7, 2021 
kvinner wrap kjole schulrucksack der die das
hwacompendium http://www.hwacompendium.com/
Reply enjoydiying
4:38 AM on May 7, 2021 
toys games stunt scooters home kitchen kids quilt sets industrial scientific industrial lubricants 1 automotive electrical cleaners industrial scientific separators 1 industrial scientific straight grinders
enjoydiying http://us.enjoydiying.com/
Reply csaaintl
4:38 AM on May 7, 2021 
boys underwear sets 1 industrial scientific industrial lubricants 1 home kitchen kids quilt sets 4 girls school uniforms sets home kitchen kids quilt sets 4 home kitchen artificial flowers 1
csaaintl http://us.csaaintl.net/
Reply infonesiaseo
4:38 AM on May 7, 2021 
womens overalls 8 mens athletic walking 7 baby boys short sets 6 tools home improvement window insulation kits 1 industrial scientific straight grinders industrial scientific combination wrenches 3
infonesiaseo http://us.infonesiaseo.com/
Reply ericmortinson
4:37 AM on May 7, 2021 
industrial scientific electrical boxes 5 womens formal dresses 3 automotive protective chaps tools home improvement shower bases pans 1 tools home improvement extension ladders 1 baby girls gloves mittens 3
ericmortinson http://us.ericmortinson.com/
0