Monday, October 1, 2018

Doing a Cake for Biology

rolling out the fondant
 Last night I got to watch Duncan work on his Biology Project: an animal cell cake.

It is hard not to be inspired if one takes Miranda (the Cake Master herself) as the guide of possibility (having just seen her amazing cake for Michael's 7th birthday)

I was the 'credit card person' (the one who followed Duncan around the grocery store as he picked out the implements and resources he would need).

While his first thought was to work with icing (pre-prepared, in a can), we saw that the store also carried packages of fondant.  Having seen a few episodes of 'cakemaster' style cooking shows, he determined to try his hand at working with this new medium.

Placing a base on fondant on the cake
And so, the evening was filled out with the kneading, rolling and shaping of fondant, testing its capacity to occupy the different roles of the cell.  

Here is documentation of Duncan's labour of love.





The cake with all its labeled parts

working on the "cell proteins"

Project completed before midnight!


7 comments:

  1. So this is more than a semi-amazing cake. Just brilliant. The last photo made me laugh out loud. Loved the look of pleasure on your face, Duncan. I can hardly wait to get to Victoria. I haven't tried the rolled icing before. Now I will come to your house and learn at the feet of a master.

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  2. As well, I would like to know who ate the cake?

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  3. Incredible work, Duncan. You are the Cake Master!

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  4. duncan would say it looks better than it tastes. is this a truism for life?

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  5. The only cakes that stand up to being better than they look are the ones that Miranda Johnson makes.

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  6. Today David was studying the difference between a plant and an animal cell. Can you imagine how big his grin was when I showed him this blogpost? He kept shaking his head and saying "amazing."

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  7. I don't know if David will ever return to this post to take a look at the comments. But I would like to ask him one thing. Now that he has seen how to create a magnificent science product out of a cake, will he begin by baking some and practising culinary skills. Buying many cake mixes is a good start.

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