Hi all,
New member here!
My tennis team is having a gathering soon and I thought it would be cool to make a tennis ball-cake in the shape of a half-ball sitting on a bed of grass (something like this). As an semi-regular baker but one who has never tried making a 3D cake before, I have a couple of questions:
1) Is it possible to obtain a smooth surface and spherical shape similar to the one in the picture using icing only and no fondant? I have no experience making or even working with fondant, and anyway it contains ingredients that I would prefer not to buy or use. As a last resort I would pipe a whole bunch of little stars onto the surface (i.e. like this, but would it be possible to get a better result by simply smoothing icing over the surface?
2) Is there any practical way to get edible grass like in the original picture? I really wouldn't mind using the numerous-small-star method to create a field of grass, but of course it doesn't look as realistic as what is in the reference image.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
New member here!
My tennis team is having a gathering soon and I thought it would be cool to make a tennis ball-cake in the shape of a half-ball sitting on a bed of grass (something like this). As an semi-regular baker but one who has never tried making a 3D cake before, I have a couple of questions:
1) Is it possible to obtain a smooth surface and spherical shape similar to the one in the picture using icing only and no fondant? I have no experience making or even working with fondant, and anyway it contains ingredients that I would prefer not to buy or use. As a last resort I would pipe a whole bunch of little stars onto the surface (i.e. like this, but would it be possible to get a better result by simply smoothing icing over the surface?
2) Is there any practical way to get edible grass like in the original picture? I really wouldn't mind using the numerous-small-star method to create a field of grass, but of course it doesn't look as realistic as what is in the reference image.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!