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Who wants to see the zombie you can eat before it gets you?
My friend had her 17th birthday party two weekends ago. She adores zombie movies, and we always give each other zombie-related gifts (two Christmases ago, I got her the In Case of Zombies shirt from Threadless, she got me a Resident Evil figurine). And considering I've been on a baking kick all year, I figured I would make her a cake.
I cheated and decided not to make it from scratch, because I needed three cakes, and there was no way I was going to make that much mix. I dyed the batter to make it flesh colored.
I chopped up strawberries and put them in the mix. There were more in the central piece - or the head - to simulate brains.
I ended up with three perfect cakes. I ruined another one trying to get it out of the pan.
The next morning, after I let them completely cool, I drew a hand on a piece of wax paper and pinned it to two of the cakes to get the shape.
I cheated with the icing, too. I got some out of a can, put it in a mixer and dyed it with food coloring so it looked fleshy.
Then I got completely distracted by this perfect strawberry.
Close up of the face. The teeth (and fingernails) are marshmallows, and the black icing is just from a tube. Which, by the way, is a bitch to squeeze and control.
I found an old picture frame that we were never going to use to fit the entire cake on and connect all three pieces.
Alyssa took a better picture. His fingers started to break on the way there in the car, so her mom made a ring :D She put candles in it, too.
Look for a whale cake that I'm going to be doing for Jessie's 17th birthday in three weeks. It's going to be a hell of a lot easier, and hopefully prettier. ;D
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My friend had her 17th birthday party two weekends ago. She adores zombie movies, and we always give each other zombie-related gifts (two Christmases ago, I got her the In Case of Zombies shirt from Threadless, she got me a Resident Evil figurine). And considering I've been on a baking kick all year, I figured I would make her a cake.
I cheated and decided not to make it from scratch, because I needed three cakes, and there was no way I was going to make that much mix. I dyed the batter to make it flesh colored.
I chopped up strawberries and put them in the mix. There were more in the central piece - or the head - to simulate brains.
I ended up with three perfect cakes. I ruined another one trying to get it out of the pan.
The next morning, after I let them completely cool, I drew a hand on a piece of wax paper and pinned it to two of the cakes to get the shape.
I cheated with the icing, too. I got some out of a can, put it in a mixer and dyed it with food coloring so it looked fleshy.
Then I got completely distracted by this perfect strawberry.
Close up of the face. The teeth (and fingernails) are marshmallows, and the black icing is just from a tube. Which, by the way, is a bitch to squeeze and control.
I found an old picture frame that we were never going to use to fit the entire cake on and connect all three pieces.
Alyssa took a better picture. His fingers started to break on the way there in the car, so her mom made a ring :D She put candles in it, too.
Look for a whale cake that I'm going to be doing for Jessie's 17th birthday in three weeks. It's going to be a hell of a lot easier, and hopefully prettier. ;D
Image heavy!