This year, as is always the case, my Grandson changes his likes from video game to video game or this like to that like and so on. This year, it's Fallout!
In the past we've seen cakes for him that have been:
- Minecraft, for his 10th birthday
- A Red Football Team, for his 9th birthday
- Sonic the Hedgehog, for his 8th birthday
- Plus loads before I started this blog.
The cake, a delicious, rich red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting is hidden under this beaten up look bottle top cake.
I cut half rings out using a circle cutter before crumb coating, frosting and covering in thick, red fondant.
My daughter printed out the Nuka-Cola logo and set about hand cutting the letters before she hand cut the logo from modeling fondant.
It had that very flat, "too new", look. We allowed the red fondant to dry and the water, used as the 'glue' to stick the logo on.
Once dry, she set about using brown, antique gold and silver petal dust to give it that rusty, beaten up look.
I'm giving my daughter far more freedom with my cakes these days, she finds it fun and I enjoy watching her work. Not only that, my eyes are getting old (well, that's my excuse lol).
I hope he enjoys it, but then, what kid doesn't like chocolate cake?
