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.

61677 Comments

Reply Founnycoewdyday
8:30 PM on June 21, 2021 
buy azithromycin online
Reply jesspeahkeyday
8:12 PM on June 21, 2021 
z-pack
Reply Theatesaccusa
8:04 PM on June 21, 2021 
tadalafil 5mg
Reply order tadalafil
7:57 PM on June 21, 2021 
tadalafil dosage https://superactivetadalafil.com/ tadalafil 40 mg daily generic tadalafil 40 mg
Reply TexTamimponna
7:44 PM on June 21, 2021 
what is modafinil modafinil adhd modafinilo provigil generic https://modafinilpleasure.com/
Reply Deloamiancenia
7:23 PM on June 21, 2021 
zithromax for covid
Reply tadalafil 40 mg daily
7:17 PM on June 21, 2021 
tadalafil max dose https://tadalafilgenc.com/ tadalafil max dose tadalafil pills
Reply pesyAdebyfemHed
7:16 PM on June 21, 2021 
https://tadalafiloz.com/ cialis without prescription https://tadalafilocal.com/ - tadalafil no prescription tadalafil peptide
Reply Aoki Blow Molding Machine
7:15 PM on June 21, 2021 
Reply buy tadalafil
7:13 PM on June 21, 2021 
tadalafil gel https://nextadalafil.com/ order tadalafil tadalafil 30 mg
Reply tadalafil
7:13 PM on June 21, 2021 
tadalafil online https://pulmoprestadalafil.com/ tadalafil 40 mg from india tadalafil tablets
Reply peggymayerdds
7:12 PM on June 21, 2021 
tight polo šaty los angeles dodgers oro snake 9fifty snapback berretto flat black shoe polish rosa stripper schuhe girl iphone 8 plus hoesje nfl corey peters womens limited whitepink jersey 98 arizona cardinals nike rush fashion
peggymayerdds https://www.peggymayerdds.com/
Reply gototagaytay
7:12 PM on June 21, 2021 
zielony shoulder torba wallet phone case s8 plus mini zak rood huawei mediapad m5 lite pouzdro 2x bílý šaty
gototagaytay https://www.gototagaytay.com/
Reply signaturedbq
7:12 PM on June 21, 2021 
carvela flat schuhe samsung s10e led hoesje black and orange broncos jersey accessorize robot torba lumee case for iphone 8 canvas travel tote zak
signaturedbq https://www.signaturedbq.com/
Reply midtnbiz
7:12 PM on June 21, 2021 
grippy iphone xr pouzdro quiz asymmetric šaty new york giants trucker cappello camel desert boots cloudflow schuh samsung j1 hoesje argos
midtnbiz https://www.midtnbiz.com/
Reply pagealyze
7:12 PM on June 21, 2021 
bílý cheetah print šaty baltimore orioles new era mlb shade classic neo 39thirty berretto mid calf lace up boots with heel deichmann neue schuhe lg stylo 2 back dekking mens nike kansas city chiefs 35 christian okoye red team color vapor untouchable limited player nfl jersey
pagealyze https://www.pagealyze.com/
Reply TexTamimponna
7:12 PM on June 21, 2021 
tadalafil cost walmart
Reply supreme clothing
7:05 PM on June 21, 2021 
Thank you a lot for providing individuals with remarkably marvellous opportunity to read articles and blog posts from this site. It is often so enjoyable and packed with fun for me and my office friends to search the blog no less than 3 times weekly to study the fresh issues you have got. And lastly, I'm so at all times happy for the unique strategies you serve. Certain 4 areas on this page are completely the most effective we have all had.
supreme clothing http://www.supremeshoodie.com
Reply kyrie 6
7:04 PM on June 21, 2021 
I simply desired to say thanks once again. I'm not certain the things that I would have sorted out without the entire tips contributed by you directly on such a subject matter. It had become the scary matter in my position, however , observing a new professional fashion you solved it forced me to jump for delight. I'm just grateful for your work and then sincerely hope you comprehend what a great job you are always accomplishing educating the rest thru your site. I am sure you have never got to know any of us.
kyrie 6 http://www.kyrie-6.com
Reply masszazsguru
7:03 PM on June 21, 2021 
mini shift šaty new era golf cappelli round toe lace up boots madden girl combat stiefel schwarz samsung s8 hoesje swarovski nike youth leshaun sims limited blue jersey tennessee titans nfl 36 rush drift fashion
masszazsguru https://www.masszazsguru.com/
0