Downloadable Course Material
If you would like to approximately match the size of the artwork in the tutorial, print the downloadable files at 100% size. If you require your artwork to be smaller or larger, just adjust the print size accordingly.
3D Cowboy Hat Cake Course Material
This PDF contains the actual size templates for the top view and the side view of the cowboy hat's cake section.
While not everything on this list is absolutely required, these are the things used in this tutorial video. Of course you are welcome to find alternative ways of doing things and we would love to hear if you’ve discovered an easier method or better tool to achieve good results.
What you will need
- Scissors
- Heavy rolling pin
- Long Ruler
- Pizza cutter
- Palette knife
- Plastic knife
- Box cutter
- “L” shaped corner tool
- Small rectangular pushing object (15mm x 20mm)
- Stitch marker
- Starch (for dusting)
- Large brush (for dusting)
- Dry & wet towels
- Small brush
- Measuring tape (flexible)
- 2 knives in hot water
- Needle (to remove air bubbles)
- Fondant smoother
- Round cake board (9mm thick, 45cm diametre, covered with material and cellophane sheet
- Black ribbon (1 inch thick)
Recipes & Ingredients
Cake
- 3 x 50mm x 150mm, dark mud cake sponge
- Hard shortening (very small amount)
Decorations
- 650g Pastillage
- 1kg rolling fondant
- 1kg Dark chocolate ganache
- 100g dark modelling chocolate
- Edible gold powder (very small amount)
- Cooking oil (very small amount)
- Oil spray
- Deep tray filled with starch
References
- Printed blueprints and guides (download below)
Recommendations
- Have a wet and dry hand towels to clean knives, blades and cutters regularly to consistently achieve clean cuts. Also be sure to clean the table with your wet towel, and than the dry towel each time you are about to roll out any pastillage. Use a bit of shortening or vegetable fat to prevent the pastillage from sticking to the table.
- This is art, and no method or technique is set in stone. This is why we recommend you watch the entire tutorial first before you start gathering all the things in the list above. You may think of ways you might substitute tools or techniques with your own ideas.
How long will this cake keep before cutting. Could I make it 1 or 2 weeks in advance.?
Few days yes as long as you keep in Air Condition room but not few weeks.
Love your technique which can be so useful for other applications. Thanks!
I just love this class, thank you so much for sharing your art with us all. May I ask what the ratio of cornstarch to icing sugar is for your starch tray? I am new to your website and not sure where it may be listed. Thank you again, you do beautiful work!
Hi Mary Ann the tray is filled with pure starch or mixed with some icing sugar , it does not matter.Thanks
Thanks very much once the cake is finished I will up load a photo.
Thank you very much for this lesson. I be just finished making this cow boy Hat cake for a family member. I has turned out wonderfull. The only question I have is the pastillage wasn’t quite the right colour and I wanted to know can I airbrush the brim and cake body with out damaging the strength of the pastillage brim?
Yes absolutely The moisture of air brushing will dry before any damage . Make sure the rim is completely dry before air brush. Thanks
I love it. I did one back in 2010, was so hard because. I did all in Cake, if I knew you before OMG what at hard work I should have save. you explain and show how easy it is.
Thanks
Simple but realistic. Don’t leave it lying around, someone will try and wear it!
Looks amazing! I can’t wait to try.