CAKE/OFF

Where friendly rivalry could lead to a bun fight

1. Joanna 13.08.08 / 3pm

   It’s the leaning tower of Herne Hill! What an effort – not sure I’d have the patience. Could you make sections and then assemble those on site – rather than each individual piece?
2. Daniel 13.08.08 / 3pm

   Well, I’ve been mulling all the options over, but as I said, I’m not too keen on boiling up the sugar syrup to glue it together in an unfamiliar kitchen. You couldn’t really make segments, as you assemble it within a large, stainless steel conincal mould.

   It’s only leaning as I had a finite amount and didn’t fill up the mould to a nice level finish, if you see what I mean!
3. Rowan 19.08.08 / 2pm

   Very exciting to see as I’m hoping to literally have a mountainous one for next year when we get married in france. Dan, how high do you reckon I can expect one to go? I’m hoping for a metre at least…
4. Making wedding cakes « DanielEtheringtonBlog 26.08.08 / 10am

   [...] experimented, making a few mini-croquembouche. One can be found over at Cake-Off. It’s a bit wonky, but was otherwise fairly successful. The challenge then was doing the same [...]
5. Daniel 26.08.08 / 4pm

   Did you see my newest post Rowan? That one was 48cm.

   Who’s going ot make your one? A professional may well be able to go over a metre. I was thinking you could create a kind of plinth to cheat and give it extra height, rather than the whole thing being a cone.

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