cake & desserts 29 Nov 2009 11:15 pm
Batman Gotham City cake, how-to

Knowing the Baby wanted a Batman birthday cake, I had visions of Batman standing above Gotham City. I knew I wanted a stacked cake – with various sized tiers…
ingredients:
stacked cake
( I used Cookies n Cream flavor)
frosting
(Chocolate sour cream worked well)
chocolate fondant
fondant dyed with yellow food gel coloring

To start, I assembled my cake and frosted it, then set it aside.

I rolled out the chocolate fondant to 1/8″ – 3/16″ of an inch. I knew I wanted the heights of the buildings to be various sizes, so I tried to keep them within 4″ high. I cut out various widths, different roof variations and shapes. I set those aside.

Then I dyed my fondant yellow and cut VERY TINY little square and rectangle shapes for the windows. I made these various thickness so the windows would pop in and out.
I like to dry out my fondant a bit before I apply it, so I left these lightly wrapped in plastic wrap over night.

The next day they were pretty firm. I laid out different facades for the four sides of the cake.

To apply them I put a touch of frosting on the back and simply pressed them on.

I liked to stagger them a bit, I didn’t want the facades to be all up on each other. I just wanted space between and a nice clean look.
I added a large Bat-logo on the top circular tier, and of course the Batman candle to watch over fondant-Gotham City.


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on 30 Nov 2009 at 12:52 pm 1.D@nielle said …
wow you did a fab job, I’m sure the baby will love it !
on 01 Dec 2009 at 5:53 am 2.Kathryn said …
What a fabulous cake! That you made it for you little one makes it even more special.
on 01 Dec 2009 at 5:53 am 3.Kathryn said …
What a fabulous cake! That you made it for you little one makes it even more special.
on 08 Dec 2009 at 9:24 am 4.Meg said …
looks amazing!!!
did you use the same ingredient measurements on the cookies & cream recipe (http://justjennrecipes.com/cookies-n-cream-cupcakes/2008/06/01/)?
on 15 Jan 2010 at 11:39 pm 5.Kylie said …
Just what I was looking for for my son’s 6th Birthday. I might try it in blue! Great cake, and easy to follow instructions. Thanks
on 14 Aug 2010 at 12:33 pm 6.ELHAM said …
wow!
incredible! you are so so soooooooooooooo
nice!!! very nice imagination!