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NewlyMrs
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Need ice cream cake making help (decorating)
I want to make a Minnie mouse shaped ice cream cake.
Any ideas on how to make the outside dark? I thought maybe hot fudge you can buy in the store. Do you think it would stay on, or do you think it would slide off?
Any ideas?
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MrsT809
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Need ice cream cake making help (decorating)
I would think that fudge would fall off. What about chocolate crunchies like they put in the middle of carvel cakes or chocolate cookie crumbs. There's also the chocolate shell topping they sell for ice cream but I don't know how easy that would be to do?
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| Posted 7/8/12 8:06 PM |
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Re: Need ice cream cake making help (decorating)
I think the fudge would not work. You can make the frosting black or you can use chocolate sprinkles or the chocolate crunchies from carvel.
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| Posted 7/8/12 9:05 PM |
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NewlyMrs
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Re: Need ice cream cake making help (decorating)
I didn't think of the crunches or even sprinkles. GOOD idea! I was going to put that in the cake, so outside works too. Maybe I'll trial it out 1st....I have time
I was thinking about using a springform pan as the head & I have a mini ones for the ears.
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| Posted 7/8/12 10:01 PM |
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cheryl28
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Re: Need ice cream cake making help (decorating)
I made a dark choco ganache. I made big sugar cookies on put long skewers in them and covered in the ganache. I made marshmallow fondant and made the bow.
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| Posted 7/9/12 8:31 AM |
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cheryl28
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Re: Need ice cream cake making help (decorating)
I used these to make the hat. they can go in the oven
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| Posted 7/9/12 8:32 AM |
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Need ice cream cake making help (decorating)
I think you can use fudge but you should not heat it up. Carvel uses fudge on the top of some of their cakes.
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| Posted 7/9/12 9:52 AM |
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NewlyMrs
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Re: Need ice cream cake making help (decorating)
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I used these to make the hat. they can go in the oven
Very cute, but I wanted to do an ice cream cake. So I was going to use round springform pans.
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| Posted 7/9/12 9:59 AM |
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rkl1130
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Need ice cream cake making help (decorating)
I like the sprinkles or crunchies idea, but also ganache. It's thicker than fudge so you won't have a problem of it sliding off the cake and you can adjust the consistency yourself and it works great with ice cream.
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Need ice cream cake making help (decorating)
Magic shell!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Posted 7/9/12 1:47 PM |
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Re: Need ice cream cake making help (decorating)
Posted by rkl1130
I like the sprinkles or crunchies idea, but also ganache. It's thicker than fudge so you won't have a problem of it sliding off the cake and you can adjust the consistency yourself and it works great with ice cream.
It wouldn't melt the ice cream?
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| Posted 7/9/12 4:20 PM |
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Re: Need ice cream cake making help (decorating)
Posted by FreeButterfly
Magic shell!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ooh! I didn't think of that!
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| Posted 7/9/12 4:21 PM |
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rkl1130
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Re: Need ice cream cake making help (decorating)
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Posted by rkl1130
I like the sprinkles or crunchies idea, but also ganache. It's thicker than fudge so you won't have a problem of it sliding off the cake and you can adjust the consistency yourself and it works great with ice cream.
It wouldn't melt the ice cream?
Nope. You might be thinking of using right when it's warm. You can actually let the ganache cool down and even whip it to incorporate some air to make it lighter. What I would do though, is adjust the amount of cream to the ganache to make it a little more fluid so that it is easier to spread on the ice cream cake. When you put it back in the freezer, it'll set up even more but won't be rock hard.
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| Posted 7/10/12 11:39 AM |
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NewlyMrs
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Re: Need ice cream cake making help (decorating)
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Posted by NewlyMrs
Posted by rkl1130
I like the sprinkles or crunchies idea, but also ganache. It's thicker than fudge so you won't have a problem of it sliding off the cake and you can adjust the consistency yourself and it works great with ice cream.
It wouldn't melt the ice cream?
Nope. You might be thinking of using right when it's warm. You can actually let the ganache cool down and even whip it to incorporate some air to make it lighter. What I would do though, is adjust the amount of cream to the ganache to make it a little more fluid so that it is easier to spread on the ice cream cake. When you put it back in the freezer, it'll set up even more but won't be rock hard.
Yes, ive only done it hot & poured it over cakes & love that smooth look. I've never done it your way. That sounds good. How does the chocolate get in the freezer?
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| Posted 7/10/12 1:07 PM |
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rkl1130
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Re: Need ice cream cake making help (decorating)
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Posted by rkl1130
Posted by NewlyMrs
Posted by rkl1130
I like the sprinkles or crunchies idea, but also ganache. It's thicker than fudge so you won't have a problem of it sliding off the cake and you can adjust the consistency yourself and it works great with ice cream.
It wouldn't melt the ice cream?
Nope. You might be thinking of using right when it's warm. You can actually let the ganache cool down and even whip it to incorporate some air to make it lighter. What I would do though, is adjust the amount of cream to the ganache to make it a little more fluid so that it is easier to spread on the ice cream cake. When you put it back in the freezer, it'll set up even more but won't be rock hard.
Yes, ive only done it hot & poured it over cakes & love that smooth look. I've never done it your way. That sounds good. How does the chocolate get in the freezer?
Once you ice your ice cream cake with ganache and put it in the freezer, it will firm up but won't be rock hard. If you just leave the cake out for a few minutes before cutting (we usually do this to make it easier to cut), the ganache will soften a little bit.
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| Posted 7/10/12 2:19 PM |
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Re: Need ice cream cake making help (decorating)
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Posted by NewlyMrs
Posted by rkl1130
Posted by NewlyMrs
Posted by rkl1130
I like the sprinkles or crunchies idea, but also ganache. It's thicker than fudge so you won't have a problem of it sliding off the cake and you can adjust the consistency yourself and it works great with ice cream.
It wouldn't melt the ice cream?
Nope. You might be thinking of using right when it's warm. You can actually let the ganache cool down and even whip it to incorporate some air to make it lighter. What I would do though, is adjust the amount of cream to the ganache to make it a little more fluid so that it is easier to spread on the ice cream cake. When you put it back in the freezer, it'll set up even more but won't be rock hard.
Yes, ive only done it hot & poured it over cakes & love that smooth look. I've never done it your way. That sounds good. How does the chocolate get in the freezer?
Once you ice your ice cream cake with ganache and put it in the freezer, it will firm up but won't be rock hard. If you just leave the cake out for a few minutes before cutting (we usually do this to make it easier to cut), the ganache will soften a little bit.
Yup that is exactly what I did on the hat of my cake shown above.
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NewlyMrs
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Re: Need ice cream cake making help (decorating)
Posted by cheryl28
Yup that is exactly what I did on the hat of my cake shown above.
Yours was ice cream? I thought it was a baked cake.
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| Posted 7/10/12 9:00 PM |
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