need help making a cake...need an idea

PrncsNYC · 10-01-2001, 12:45 AM

Hi all! I am making a mermaid cake this week and I'm trying to figure out a substitution for the scales.

http://www.family.go.com/recipes/spe.../cake_mermaid/

is where it's located with a picture of it.

I'm wanting the replace the necco wafers with something else...I can't come up with anything cool. any thoughts?

Thanks!

MERMAID CAKE

• 1 baked 8-inch round cake
• 1 baked 13- x 9- x 2-inch cake
• 12 baked cupcakes
• 8 cups frosting (white, blue and yellow)
• Necco wafers (pink, green and purple)
• 2 green Necco wafers and 2 blue M&M's for eyes
• Shoestring licorice eyelashes
• Fruit by the Foot mouth
• Colored sugar

Step 1:
Cut and arrange the cakes as shown in the small photos.

Step 2:
Frost the mermaid's tail blue and cover it with Necco wafers. Frost the head and body white and the bikini top blue.

Step 3:
Add the candy eyes and mouth. Frost the cupcake curls yellow, then sprinkle on colored sugar for marine sheen.

sheenajungle · 10-01-2001, 02:22 AM

Oh I think the Necco Wafers would be very cool!!

schsa · 10-01-2001, 05:47 PM

What about gum drops? They have the sugar on them so that they will sparkle. Or you could use sugared almonds. They have a fish scale look about them.

scruffylilthing · 10-01-2001, 06:19 PM

i think that is a cute idea but all that sugar! geez!

ok do u have a cookie press? how about coloring the dough different colors and just pressing out small circles and flattening with the palm of your hand and sprinkle the cookines with sanding sugar(baking sugar, it doesnt melt in the oven) you could do these about the size of necco wafers. if u need to find the supplies to do this go to a cake decorating supply store they should have all of this there. hopw this helps i am a professional cake decorator so let me know if u need any help and i will try my best to help.

froty · 10-01-2001, 09:47 PM

Thank you

PrncsNYC · 10-04-2001, 04:01 PM

Thanks everyone!

lameduch27 · 10-12-2001, 03:35 PM

How about cutting the scales out of Fruit Roll-Ups?

ppmrxky · 10-13-2001, 01:23 AM

I made a Little Mermaid year ago and I used a paper towel roll cut down to make the form for the tail and a doll pick for the body on a shell shaped cake. I covered the form with the Leaf tip to make the scales. If you use stiffer icing, it stands apart like scales.

10-01-2001, 12:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
PrncsNYC Pouty Princess Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Burbank, Ca Posts: 3,724 iTrader: (0) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	need help making a cake...need an idea Hi all! I am making a mermaid cake this week and I'm trying to figure out a substitution for the scales. http://www.family.go.com/recipes/spe.../cake_mermaid/ is where it's located with a picture of it. I'm wanting the replace the necco wafers with something else...I can't come up with anything cool. any thoughts? Thanks! MERMAID CAKE • 1 baked 8-inch round cake • 1 baked 13- x 9- x 2-inch cake • 12 baked cupcakes • 8 cups frosting (white, blue and yellow) • Necco wafers (pink, green and purple) • 2 green Necco wafers and 2 blue M&M's for eyes • Shoestring licorice eyelashes • Fruit by the Foot mouth • Colored sugar Step 1: Cut and arrange the cakes as shown in the small photos. Step 2: Frost the mermaid's tail blue and cover it with Necco wafers. Frost the head and body white and the bikini top blue. Step 3: Add the candy eyes and mouth. Frost the cupcake curls yellow, then sprinkle on colored sugar for marine sheen.

10-01-2001, 05:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
schsa Seeker of Wisdom Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 10,593 iTrader: (0) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	What about gum drops? They have the sugar on them so that they will sparkle. Or you could use sugared almonds. They have a fish scale look about them. __________________ I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.

10-01-2001, 06:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
scruffylilthing Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Williamsburg, Virginia Posts: 54 iTrader: (0) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	i think that is a cute idea but all that sugar! geez! ok do u have a cookie press? how about coloring the dough different colors and just pressing out small circles and flattening with the palm of your hand and sprinkle the cookines with sanding sugar(baking sugar, it doesnt melt in the oven) you could do these about the size of necco wafers. if u need to find the supplies to do this go to a cake decorating supply store they should have all of this there. hopw this helps i am a professional cake decorator so let me know if u need any help and i will try my best to help. __________________ "life is like a box of chocolates",mmmmmmmm......... i want to be caramel!

10-01-2001, 09:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
froty Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: U.S.A Posts: 2 iTrader: (0) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thank you __________________ Hi http://www.smilies.org/basesmilies/animebb2.gif

10-13-2001, 01:23 AM	#8 (permalink)
ppmrxky Alphabet Soup Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Chaos Posts: 627 iTrader: (0) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I made a Little Mermaid year ago and I used a paper towel roll cut down to make the form for the tail and a doll pick for the body on a shell shaped cake. I covered the form with the Leaf tip to make the scales. If you use stiffer icing, it stands apart like scales. __________________ That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. Romans 10:09

10-01-2001, 02:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
sheenajungle Soap Goddess Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Seattle WA USA Posts: 4,193 iTrader: (0) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Oh I think the Necco Wafers would be very cool!!

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PrncsNYC Pouty Princess Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Burbank, Ca Posts: 3,724 iTrader: (0) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks everyone!

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lameduch27 It's All About Family Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 1,353 iTrader: (0) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	How about cutting the scales out of Fruit Roll-Ups?

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