
Today I want to share with you a Golf Bag Groom's Cake! And since it's almost Father's Day, I figured this might be a fun cake for a golf-loving Dad too!
But not my Daddy... he's never played golf a day in his life, but maybe your Dad!
Speaking of Father's Day, we celebrated with my Daddy last night because he and my Mama (and one of my brothers and his wife and 7 others) are leaving for Thailand on a mission trip Saturday! For Father's Day, we all pitched in and bought him a Windows Surface... hoping it'll be a fun thing to have along on his trip and help them to keep in touch!
Is that a crazy looking bunch or what? It was fun... all of my siblings and all of their families were able to come, plus my Aunt Louinda!
But I digress... back to the Golf Bag Groom's Cake!
So.... when I first got the email with the pic of a golf bag cake, I was a tiny bit intimidated. First, it was a link to Pink Cake Box (home to some of the most amazing cakes ever!!), which always scares me... but also... it's a standing! golf! bag! cake! Scary business for this cake girl!!
Alrighty then. Now that I've told you how scared I was, I can tell you that I obviously did get it done and it wasn't nearly as hard as I thought! Here are the details:
It was six layers of 6" round butter cake. I assembled it by stacking two layers and adding bubble tea straws, another two layers with bubble tea straws and then the top two layers. It's the same method I used for the rocket ship cake and I have a tutorial showing you what I mean here.
I also covered it the same way I covered the rocket ship cake - by wrapping one large sheet of fondant around the outside of the cake!
The fondant was all Satin Ice Chocolate fondant with some homemade marshmallow fondant mixed in to lighten it up (it's really dark straight out of the bucket!).
The details were done with several tools including my pastry wheel, Xacto knife, stitching tool (from the gum paste tools set), my FMM Multi Ribbon cutter (another favorite tool!!) and of course... my extruder (for all the small round trim work).
The golf ball and tees were made with chocolate molds and I used Wilton candy melts to do them!
I used Fox Run letter cutters and a new set of numbers (can't find the link at the moment) to do the writing on the banner.
I bought zipper molds from Way Beyond Cakes by Mayen Etsy shop to do the zippers (I love, love, love Mayen!!). I didn't quite master using those molds, but it was one of many details so I didn't stress over it too much!
The board was covered with green homemade marshmallow fondant and I used Satin Ice Red and Satin Ice black to do the names and date.
The golf club heads were made from Satin Ice gum paste. I made them two days before and I shaped them directly onto dowel rods. After they were completely dry and hard, my hubby painted them silver using Wilton Silver color mist.
And that's it, I suppose! I could go on and on about details, but it would take forever to explain it all. Just leave me a comment if you have a question, okay?
I hope you enjoyed another peek into my family and of course... all the fun details of the Golf Bag cake!
OH - and if you missed it, I shared the White Wedding cake with Cascading Flowers from the same wedding over on Facebook a few weeks ago! There are more pictures here! And be sure to check out this Golf Ball on the Green Birthday Cake!
And here's a great Pinterest-y collage for you if you love to PIN:
Kim
Rose, Rose, Rose.... I am speechless...You may have outdone yourself on these cakes!! I was reading how you made the golf bag and looking at all the detail, and all that could come out every time i looked at a picture was holy #%*!!!!
Are all those flowers in the wedding cake gum paste flowers?!?! They look so real and gorgeous. That golf bag is insanely good, really, really well done. You should be so proud of yourself, Rose. You're a rock star cake decorator!!
Kim
Rose
Thank you so much Kim!! On the wedding cake - those are real flowers and I have to give total credit to the florist (Brenda at Moreton's Flowerland in Natchez, MS) for that stunning cake! I delivered a plain white cake with satin ribbons and she made it amazing with her flowers!!
Theresa
I always have such a hard time getting the fondant to not "wrinkle" down the sides. Do you have any tips for me? Both cakes are fabulous!!!
Rose
It sounds like you're rolling it too thin and/or using it while it's too warm. Do you use homemade or store-bought?
Theresa
I thought that making it thinner would make it easier to handle (not so heavy). And, I usually use store-bought fondant to make it easier and quicker. I've made the marshmallow fondant before, and I felt like it was pretty time consuming (unless there's an easier way to not hand-knead it). Thanks for your help!!!
jan
Your timing is amazing, Rose. I am making a prescription bottle grooms cake next week, 6" diameter x 9" high. Your detailed notes make me feel much less stressed about the endeavor!
Jan
Rose
Oh great!! So happy to hear it!!
Anne Heap
Wonderful job Rose! 🙂
Rose
Thank you so much Anne!! I'm always in awe of your stunning cakes 🙂 [Insert squeal... Eeeeek!!! Anne Heap commented on MY blog]
Radhika
Great job Rose! You are really generous! R
Joanne
Rose you are truly a talented artist and we are blessed that you share your talents with us. I don't know why you doubt yourself, when you have proof in all of your pictures of how well you have come along. Thank you again for sharing.
Lee
Rose,
I have one of these standing golf bag cake request. For the top of the bag, did you wrap a piece taller and fold it down or add a folded piece of fondant to get the rolled edge on the top? Great job, BTW!
Lee
Rose Atwater
It's been a couple of years, but I'm pretty sure I used a taller pieced and folded it down toward the inside. Hope that helps! 🙂