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The stage was set...




The pieces were in play...




At this stage, I was concerned that it wasn't going to look right AT ALL.




But I figured that if I added enough chocolate, no one would care.




This is what the hat part looked like before I built it and smothered it with icing.




At this stage, I began to think that I had really got it right.




If I've learned nothing else from baking, it's that almost any problem can be solved with lots and lots of chocolate icing.




The feather is a bit big, I think...but also it's chocolate, so I don't care!




*sings theme song*

The cake is devil's food (made with chocolate pudding instead of milk), iced with chocolate icing, and the ribbon is painted on with chocolate. The feather is sculpted and stuck on.

I am leaving this unlocked.

Date: 2008-05-19 04:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rosewildeirish.livejournal.com
mmm, caaaaaaake. Looks yummy!

Date: 2008-05-19 05:00 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] grav-ity.livejournal.com
The bits and pieces I had were yummy! I can't wait to cut it up and eat it!

Date: 2008-05-19 04:44 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] gabolange.livejournal.com
That is completely awesome.

Date: 2008-05-19 05:00 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] grav-ity.livejournal.com
I had SUCH a blast.

Date: 2008-05-19 04:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eolivet.livejournal.com
Wow!!! (I am totally coveting your kitchen, BTW -- looks so nice and big, with cabinet space to spare ;)

(What was the mold for the...tall part of the hat? I've never seen a cake look like that before [not like a hat, just so...tall and round] :)

What a fun way to spend your birthday!!! :D I'm sure it'll be as delicious as it looks. :)

Date: 2008-05-19 04:47 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] grav-ity.livejournal.com
For the tall part, I actually used a round glass pyrex dish with slanted sides and then cut the edges off and stacked them on the main piece...doubling the height. It was touch and go for a bit, but the icing holds it all together, so it looks cool, and I get the perfect divet in the top of the hat to boot!

EDIT: So the cake itself is four pieces: the base, the bottom of the hat, and then the top of the hat is in two pieces...all of it stuck together with icing.

I am not sure that makes sense...

Date: 2008-05-19 05:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsukara.livejournal.com
Oh my goodness, that looks amazing! And deliciously chocolatey (which is sort of the point, I suppose)! Sweet~

Happy birthday!

Date: 2008-05-19 05:00 pm (UTC)

Date: 2008-05-19 05:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] inlovewithnight.livejournal.com
Hee, awesome!

Date: 2008-05-19 05:19 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] grav-ity.livejournal.com
I gave some thought to dusting it with grated chocolate so it would look worn...but then I decided to leave well enough alone. Although, now that the ribbon has set, I am starting to get tempted...

Date: 2008-05-19 05:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pellucid.livejournal.com
How awesome is that!!! I'm quite impressed!

Date: 2008-05-19 05:24 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] grav-ity.livejournal.com
I was quite giddy last night when I stacked it all up and realized it was going to work! I certainly had my doubts. BUT AWESOME!!!

Date: 2008-05-19 05:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] supplyship.livejournal.com
SO AWESOME! *sings theme song with you*

Enjoy the fruits of your labor - it looks chocolaty-divine!

Date: 2008-05-19 05:59 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] grav-ity.livejournal.com
I am sooooo excited about it!

Date: 2008-05-19 05:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] miera-c.livejournal.com
That's pretty darn impressive!

Date: 2008-05-19 05:59 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] grav-ity.livejournal.com
I have been so giddy about it ever since I realized it was going to look like a hat after all.

Also, EXCELLENT icon!

Date: 2008-05-19 05:48 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] havocthecat
Wow, that's awesome. Happy birthday!

Date: 2008-05-19 06:00 pm (UTC)

Date: 2008-05-19 06:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stephdub.livejournal.com
Both you and that cake are made of awesome. I am very impressed.

Happy birthday!

Date: 2008-05-19 07:31 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] grav-ity.livejournal.com
Thanks on all counts!

Date: 2008-05-19 06:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrv3000.livejournal.com
Awesome! :D

Date: 2008-05-19 07:32 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] grav-ity.livejournal.com
*bows*

:)

Date: 2008-05-19 07:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meg-tdj.livejournal.com
That, my friend, is awesome. You rock. :D

Date: 2008-05-19 08:12 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Well if Dean thinks so, it must be true...;)

Thanks!

Date: 2008-05-19 07:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eldanna.livejournal.com
Oh gods...

Date: 2008-05-19 08:13 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] grav-ity.livejournal.com
I do my best!

I MISS YOU SO MUCH!!! IT IS HARDLY MOVIE BIRTHDAY SEASON WITHOUT YOU!!!

Date: 2008-05-21 02:58 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] grav-ity.livejournal.com
I have to go to movies with other people...it makes me sad.

Date: 2008-05-21 12:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eldanna.livejournal.com
Well, so do I!

Date: 2008-05-19 09:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kimberlychapman.livejournal.com
Very cool, thank you for alerting me to it! Excellent work on the sculpting and on the feather's edges. It's no small feat to make a hat that doesn't look weird or pointy, so you did great!

Date: 2008-05-19 11:32 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] grav-ity.livejournal.com
Well if you liked it, I know I've done well! Thanks!

Date: 2008-05-21 07:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kimberlychapman.livejournal.com
I'm just an amateur myself!

Date: 2008-05-19 11:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] smor.livejournal.com
Mmmm, chocolate Indy hat.....

And happy birthday!

Date: 2008-05-21 02:56 am (UTC)

Date: 2008-05-20 12:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] grey-wonderer.livejournal.com
Bravo! A prize for the best use of chocolate in the creation of a hat!

Date: 2008-05-21 02:57 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] grav-ity.livejournal.com
Someday, if I am very ambitious, I will try Gandalf...

:)

Date: 2008-05-21 03:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] grey-wonderer.livejournal.com
Wow! Now that would be a very big job. (I assume you just mean his hat and not all of Gandalf. hehehe)
A chocolate wizard! There's a thought...

Date: 2008-05-20 01:16 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] lyssie.livejournal.com
Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!!

Happy birthday =) =) =)

Date: 2008-05-21 02:57 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] grav-ity.livejournal.com
I KNOW!!!

Thanks!

Date: 2008-05-20 07:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thebeecharmer.livejournal.com
Happy birthday...and cut me a slice of that wonderful Indy hat! Indy's hat is The One Hat. I adore that hat. I have a Stetson similar to it which belonged to my dad. You did a great job! I've watched your last few posts concerning said hat with bated keyboard. The wait was worth it! Well done!

Date: 2008-05-21 02:57 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] grav-ity.livejournal.com
We had several long arguments yesterday about if it was a fedora or a stetson, and I was all IT'S A STETSON and NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE ME.

Thanks!

Date: 2008-05-21 08:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thebeecharmer.livejournal.com
Now you can really shock them!
http://www.qualityhats.com/images/Downs1.gif
As you can see, it's a fedora by Stetson.

And happy birthday again!

Date: 2010-04-04 09:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] oparu.livejournal.com
wow.....your first success is SO successful! and has a theme song!

Date: 2010-04-04 09:46 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] grav-ity.livejournal.com
Yeah, I was kind of ludicrously proud of myself. ;)

Date: 2010-04-04 09:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] oparu.livejournal.com
you really should be! it's really really cool.

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