This cake was super fun to make, and is a great example of how little it takes to take a plain square (OK, rectangle) cake and make something special out of it.
This groom's cake was for a concert promoter. His life revolves around flyers and cash boxes. But our groom is also a diabetic, so we had some dietary concerns as well.
We made the cake a cash box by simply cutting a lid line into the rectangular cake and then fashioning a lid and a latch out of modeling chocolate. Some bills printed out on edible image paper completed the look. And the stack of flyers (which the bride provided advertising their own wedding - how cool is that?) is actually a separate, sugar-free cake just for the groom.
I make one heckuva cake, but when you start taking out gluten, or sugar, or other key ingredients, I lose my way quickly. That's when I turn to mixes. I noticed a few months ago that Duncan Hines now has a sugar free chocolate cake mix and I used it on this cake. I must say that I was quite impressed with the flavor and texture.
Stunning!! The details are amazing. I recently had someone ask me also for sugar free cupcakes I was thinking of maybe just replacing the normal sugar with Splenda, but if there's a mix why bother lol :D. Thanks for sharing the info.
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Great job. Congratulatios.
ReplyDelete@Cupcations - I have tried using Splenda before, and my cake came out fairly tasty, but flat as a pancake!
ReplyDelete@SweetColours - Thank you!
What a fun idea for a cake - love it when clients ask for these! We don't have that Duncan Hines cake here in Canada - but good to know it exists.
ReplyDeleteThis turned out awesome, I did not know DH had a sugar free cake, good to know!
ReplyDeleteBTW our cakes almost look identical today! LOL!
ReplyDelete@Cakerator - I noticed that, Maria! Great minds think alike, huh?
ReplyDeleteThat is a darling cake! Great job! And I lose my way too when you start taking out the building block ingredients....that's scary!
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