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December 03, 2010

Under the Sea Surprise Birthday Cake

The six year old was not surprised about his birthday party but was pleased as punch when he saw his cake. The kid loves to watch nature shows and collects dvds of under-the-sea animations.  I built the coral  reef on top of two square brownies put together to make a rectangular foundation. Sprinkled ground roasted cashews and chocolate chips to look like sand and placed his favorite fish.
The fragile corals I made by piping melted chocolate on a flat baking sheet lined with parchment paper. I first outlined a pyramid as a strong base to hold the branches of the coral. When I finish one  I put  them in the fridge to harden. I made different shades of corals with dark and white chocolate. The big ones are made of the kid's favorite kitkat bars. Coated and glued them together with milk chocolate. I had to color the fish made of white chocolate to resemble his fish character.
When I was ready to build the reef, I transfered each one on my kitchen counter which is cooler. They were hard enough to peel off the sheet and stand as background.
I had to build this buttress type of structure to support the fragile chocolate corals. Of course the cake looked like a disaster area after the party.

18 comments:

  1. Fantastic!!....this is pure art in the kitchen!!.....Congratulations!!......Abrazotes, Marcela

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  2. es que esta IMPRESIONANTE!!!!!! estoy como los niños maravillados con la boca abierta , pues así estoy es que alucino contigo , eres un genio y con unas manos virtuosas
    mil besossssss

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  3. OMG!!!! It's a real Michelangelo Buonarroti's masterpiece!!!! BRAVISSIMO.....STANDING OVATION!!!!Cia Flavia

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  4. I am impressed! Truly amazing! Can you be my teacher?

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  5. First of all thank you for stopping by my blog. Second just browsing through your blog I realized that you are a true artist. I loved your food creations.

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  6. it amazing how creative you are. This is really wonderful. I am sure your son must have loved it.

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  7. What a creative way of baking, you are truly an artist in the kitchen.

    I just also want to thank you for visiting my blog and your gracious comment. Have a blessed week.

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  8. You are seriously talented! That is amazing, just blows my mind. I would never have the patience to do all of that.

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  9. bellissimo, non ho parole, veramente una opera d'arte!

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  10. This is amazing...you are really an artist!!!

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  12. WOW you're really an artist, it's a masterpiece! Nice to meet you, thanks for your visit. See you soon, have a good Sunday

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  13. Wow! Your chocolate corals is really amazing!!

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  14. magnificent!
    I've done some gingerbread designs- but your chocolate reef is wonderful!

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  15. ma è meravigliosa!! bravissimo, una vera opera d'arte!

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Art is in the Kitchen
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