Crown Royal Apple Pillow Cake

I made this Crown Royal Pillow Cake for the groom's cake at my cousin's sister-in-law's wedding.  She wanted the pillow to be green instead of the normal purple because the groom loves the Apple flavored Crown Royal.

The only thing difficult about this cake was the crown.  I found a paper template on Red Ted Art that resembled the Crown Royal crown and used that as a starting point.  

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I cut out the head band section from gum paste and propped it on a canister to dry.

Next I made the red section that goes inside the crown.  I covered a foam half ball in some red fondant.  I also set the half ball on a circular piece of Styrofoam to give it additional height.

For the flaps/feathers/petals (not sure what they are called) that stretch from head band to the top of the red ball, I cut each one individually and glued one end to the head band and one end to the top of the red ball.  I molded some aluminium foil to match the arc that I needed in the flaps and placed it under the flap while the gum paste dried. (Note: for the "glue" is mix gum paste with water till it forms a glue-like paste.)

For the top part of the crown I covered a little foam ball with gum paste and stuck it on the top.  Once everything was dry, I painted the crown with Roxy & Rich edible gold luster dust.

I made some gems from red and green colored Isomalt and a gem shaped candy mold.  I glued them to the crown using melted white chocolate.

The cake itself was red velvet which I carved in a rough pillow shape.  I really couldn't carve too much detail into the cake because my red velvet cake is so soft and crumbly.  The cake was filled and crumb-coated in cream cheese frosting, covered in white chocolate ganache, and then covered in green-tinted fondant.

For the trim on the cake I used Satin Ice Gold Shimmer fondant and my trusty Food Safe Extruder.  The extruder has special "disks" that let me form the rope shape.  I used two different sizes of rope and the "string" shaped disk to make the strings of the tassel.  For the circular shaped piece I used a Wooden Stamp Set to push the pattern into the fondant, and then I used a metal piping tip to cut out the shape.  I cut the Crown Royal words out of the same Shimmer fondant using a paper template.  As a final step I painted the Shimmer fondant with some edible gold lust dust to give it a little more shine. 

So here is the finished cake.  I hope the bride and groom like it, and I hope the kids at the party enjoy the strawberry and apple flavored gems.  For some reason the kids in my family always try to EAT the toppers.  I tell them that gum paste taste gross, but they want to try it for themselves.  Strange creatures.

Happy Decorating,

Carol


Supply List: 

Wilton Gum Paste
Foam Half Ball 4.5"
Fondarific Red Fondant
Multipack Foam Ball
Roxy & Rich Edible Gold Luster Dust
Isomalt
Candy Mold
Satin Ice Gold Shimmer
Food Safe Extruder
Wooden Stamp Set