Oregon Ducks Cake
by Karlee Mitchell
Oregon Ducks Cake
Oregon Ducks Cake I started with the head. I made the head out of homemade rice krispies and molded it into a head, beak and neck all connected. I then made two rice crispy wings the shape of the wing is your choice ut make them a finger width think. Next I made four chocolate cakes out of a 10 inch cake pan. I filled the cake with homemade Dark Hershey Cocoa Frosting. Stack, Frost, Stack, Frost etc. I then carved the cake into an oval with a round point at one end to create the body, and carved on the top and the sides to make it round and added extra carvings to the top of the tail to make it stand up a little more. I then covered the first piece head in yellow fondant, then the body in yellow fondant, and then the wings in yellow fondant. Next I took orange fondant and covered the beak. Then I took green fondant to the head and created the base of the helmet. Then I rolled out black fondant into 5 thick noodles three long and two little, and took water to stick them to the edge of the green base and layed one strip across the beak and another under the beak. And another across the trim of the green at the top of the head. Then I took the little ones to connect the two lower ones around the beak. I placed a toothpick in the middle of the little ones and left the sharp tips showing so it would stick into each end of the noodles on the mask of the helmet. Have them all connect at the same place. Now it's time to make the eyes. Cut White Fondant into two Ovals and Cut black fondant into two small circles then glue with water the white to the yellow and the black to the white in the place open between the beak and the top of the helmet. Now cut the yellow O's Out of two circle cutters one big and one a little smaller then place where the duck would have ears on the helmet. Glue with water. Now cut two 2inch rectangles about a finger wide out of black fondant and make them look like straps at the top of the helmet. Glue with Water. Now take a tiny bit of black fondant and role them to tiny balls about the size of half your pink nail and squash to make them flat and glue those a little above the middle of the straps. Now back to the body. Since you already have it covered in yellow fondant now roll our the green to make the jersey. The wings should NOT yet be on the body. Cover half the body in green. Now cut out the numbers of your choice out of white. I chose 51 because that is the new baby boys fathers baseball number. Let harden. Now cut out the word DUCKS out of yellow fondant. Let harden. I also did the Nike sign optional. Let Harden. The wings. Take black fondant and cover half of the already yellow wing for the sleeve of the jersey. Do Both wings. Cut out little tiny diamond shapes out of white for the diamond plate sleeve. I made about 100 and did 40-45 on each. Glue in diagonal order to black part of sleeve. Now place toothpicks half way into wing; I used 5 each side. Now squash wings to side of green body closer toward the front. Careful not to push toothpicks all the way through the wing! I also made little tiny green smashed circles and added them to the helmet to make them look like plugged screws. optional Now take the letters and numbers and Nike sign and glue in same order as picture on the front of the jersey and you have created an Oregon Ducks Cake!
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