Coolest Drum Cake 5

by Jill H
(Owings Mills, MD)

Drum Cake

Drum Cake

My son, Sam, loves music and wanted a drum cake for his 4th birthday. He also wanted an orchestra on top! Since it was his 4th birthday, I told him I'd make an instrument for each year of his life.

The cakes are homemade butter layer cakes covered in buttercream and then in rolled fondant. I used more fondant to create the rims and the details are molded fondant and spaghetti painted black. Edible gold dust was painted on for realistic detail.

The tops of the drums are painted with clear luster dust. The instruments are molded, painted gumpaste. The drumsticks are also gumpaste, marbled brown and molded and the Happy Birthday sign is rolled fondant written on with edible marker.

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Coolest Drum Cake 5

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Mar 13, 2010
About the cake
by: kealey

Hi its my boyfriend's 21st birthday coming up and his a drummer and I love your cake design. Could you possibly make one to send to Devon and how much would it cost?

Nov 21, 2009
Drum Cake
by: GloryAnn

would you make one to sell?

Sep 14, 2009
Rockin'
by: Anonymous

My boyfriend is a drummer/percussionist and I was thinking how cool it would be to have a drum cake...popped it into good and viola...LOVE IT! I'm New York, how possible would it be to get a cake made for here?

Sep 03, 2009
Question
by: Robin

You said you use gum paste and spaghetti, ( how did you use the spaghetti? did you cook spaghetti, and then roll it with gum paste? This is the best drum cake I've seen (Fabulous), I would like to try and make this for my nephew birthday this week end ..

Aug 24, 2009
how
by: Anonymous

Can you write step by step instructions?
where did you get this idea

Dec 31, 2008
Love it
by: mvb

Your cake is awesome. I want to make a cake for my son's 17th birthday. He is in a Drum Corps. and
plays snare. I hope when I try to make him a snare drum cake that it will turn out as beautiful as yours did. I am not a baker but I am going to try. Any tips?

Sep 10, 2008
Thanks!
by: Jill H.

The fondant was actually hand painted with food coloring and water. The colors wouldn't have been as intense if I had mixed them into the fondant - and it gave it a nice natural sheen!

The clips were made from molded gumpaste and spaghetti that I painted with edible gold dust and vodka, and in the other cake, black food coloring. This is still his favorite cake. The best part was when he ate the drumsticks and got looks from people who assumed they were real :)

Sep 09, 2008
Beautiful
by: Anonymous

The cake is beautiful!!! How did you color the fondant on the sides of the cake? Also, what are the clips made of?

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