So I just finished this cake yesterday for someone I work with, they originally
asked for the cake to be as big as I could make it with money been no object.
However when I advised what size of cake I could make and the cost, it became
an object! :)
So I ended up scaling this one down to be 28 inches long instead of real Les
Paul Guitar sized. Something that big would have been a nightmare to deliver
anyway!
I added an Amp as I had more cake left over and I didn't want to waste
it. The cake is a chocolate with chocolate butter cream. I covered the whole of
the cake in white fondant icing to start with, then I used a mixture of yellow,
caramel, red and dark brown food colouring neat from the containers to pain the
wood effect. Starting from the middle and pulling out with a paint brush. The
side of the guitar was air brushed, took about 5 coats of different colours,
red, black, caramel and dark brown to get the right effect.
The neck of the guitar is painted with black food colouring which gave it a
nice sine. All of the little parts have been made from fondant icing with a
hardening agent added, they have then been painted with gold or silver edible
paint.
The crowning achievment I think was the strings which in its self took an
hour to do. They are fishing string tied around a little metal hook and then
slotted into the base where the strings would normally start and then it is
tied to a cocktail stick which is inserted into the cake at the head end and
then has a small piece of icing put over the top to hide this.
I really enjoyed doing this and it's been a while since I did something so
details but it is one of the best cakes if not the best I have done I feel.
