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October 15, 2013

Birthday Cake - Part 1

Lately, Silas & Levi have been watching a lot of Cake Boss on Netflix.  The show has given them big ideas for Silas' birthday cake, they have been planning and designing for weeks and started work today.  The first step was making modeling chocolate, which is sort of like an edible clay and will be used to create the figures for the top of the cake.

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Si & Levi melted about 1.25 pounds of Callebaut white chocolate, then added 9 tablespoons of corn syrup, stirred until it was just mixed and wrapped it in plastic wrap.  It needs to stiffen in the refrigerator for a bit until it is ready for step 2.

Posted at 12:22 PM in Celebrations & Holidays, Learning All The Time, Silas |

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Nenny

Hey guys, I'm very excited about this cake. I may learn a thing or two from you about cake decorating. Can't wait to see what you are going to mold with the chocolate. I wish I was there to help you!! Love, Nenny

ps: love the last photo of my three very good looking grandsons!!!!!

Posted by: Nenny | October 15, 2013 at 02:44 PM

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