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V-Dub Bus Sculpted Cake
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A custom sculpted cake designed to look like a vintage V-Dub bus with detailed fondant decorations, a floating platform, and a cotton candy smoke effect.
02:00:00 total
Serves 12
hard
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Ingredients
- chocolate cake - watch the video to see (for stacking and carving the bus shape)
- Swiss meringue buttercream - watch the video to see (blue colored, used between cake layers and for piping)
- buttercream - watch the video to see (for coating the carved cake)
- black fondant - watch the video to see (to cover the inside of the wheel wells)
- light pink fondant - watch the video to see (to cover the entire bus cake)
- Rice Krispie treats - watch the video to see (pressed in a loaf tin to create the cake platform base)
- royal icing - watch the video to see (thin layer to coat platform and glue elements)
- shortening - watch the video to see (to coat platform and cakeboard before covering with fondant)
- blue fondant - watch the video to see (to cover the platform and cakeboard)
- floral wire - watch the video to see (to create structure for cotton candy smoke)
- cotton candy - watch the video to see (pressed onto floral wire to create smoke effect)
- acetate sheet - watch the video to see (used as a base for piping buttercream and layering cake for side design)
- yellow buttercream - watch the video to see (piped on acetate for side design)
- black royal icing - watch the video to see (for piping lines around side design)
- water - watch the video to see (used to glue fondant decorative elements)
Instructions
- Prepare Cakeboard and Cake Layers: Cut the cakeboard to match the proportions of the reference bus. Stack chocolate cake layers with blue colored Swiss meringue buttercream until tall enough for front and side templates.
- Carve and Coat Cake: Chill the stacked cake until firm. Carve the cake roughly to match the templates. Coat the carved cake with buttercream, smooth out imperfections, and chill again.
- Cover Wheel Wells and Cake: Cover the inside of the wheel wells with black fondant. Cover the entire cake with light pink fondant.
- Create Cake Platform: Press Rice Krispie treats in a loaf tin to form the platform base. Cut to template size. Coat with a thin layer of royal icing and let dry.
- Assemble Platform and Cakeboard: Glue the platform onto the cakeboard with royal icing and let dry. Coat platform and cakeboard with shortening, then cover with blue fondant.
- Place Cake on Platform: Spread royal icing on top of the platform and place the cake on top.
- Make Decorations: Create side mirrors and wheels from fondant and let dry until firm. Use templates to cut out decorative fondant elements and glue them onto the cake with water using a paintbrush.
- Create Side Design: Pipe blue and yellow buttercream onto acetate, layer thin cake pieces, freeze, cut to template shape, and press into the side of the cake. Pipe black royal icing lines around the design and let dry.
- Make Smoke Effect: Use floral wire to create a structure and press cotton candy onto it to form a cloud shape. Attach this to the back of the cake to simulate smoke.
