After finding an old Jello mold at a yard sale, I knew I wanted to use it to make a fake bake Bundt cake, but wasn't sure how to go about it. Plaster would be wayyyy to heavy. Clay would be heavy, hard to dry and expensive. I could try spray foam, but how would I get it out? Finally I decided, why not just use the mold itself? Here is how I did it:
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Here is my Jello mold as I found it; simple plastic with a lid and only 50 cents!
After cutting the tab off of the lid and gluing the lid in place,
I used a multi surface spray paint to give the mold a nice chocolate color.
You may remember from this post that when I made my faux potted plants I used spray foam in my containers, and then trimmed off the excess. I made sure to save the trimmed off tops of foam to re-use, and here you can see how one fits perfectly into the center of my Jello mold. Because I wanted to top the cake with whipped cream and strawberries, I glued in the foam to fill up the cavity space and create a flat surface.
I've been using these cut off foam pieces in sooo many ways, I'll share a post in the future!
With my Jello mold painted and prepped, it was time to decorate. As always I used light weight joint compound to serve as my icing and applied it by using an icing tip in a plastic bag.
My favorite tip is the Wilton 2D open star. You can find the same set that I have here , or purchase just the single tip here, both on Amazon. Amazon is also where I source my faux strawberries.
*I forgot to get a picture of the base! In this photo the mold with it's lid is sitting on parchment, but there is no base for a ring of icing to rest on. To solve this problem I cut a circle (a bit larger than the mold itself) out of foam board and spray painted it gold. I then glued that piece of foam board to the bottom of my Jello mold.
I applied my faux whipped cream icing (joint compound) first. The ring of icing at the bottom is resting on top of my foam board round, which is glued to the mold.
Added in the strawberries while the 'icing' was still wet.
And then drizzled some brown acrylic paint over the top to look like chocolate sauce.
Not too bad for a 50 cent mold, huh?!
Notice that because the joint compound shrinks up a bit as it dries, you can now see the edges of my foam board base.
I ended up finding another pan - this time a metal Bundt pan, and made up a lemon cake as well. I'll share more about that project next week 😊
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-Jennifer
© Studio 27 by Jennifer Adams 2021
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It looks good enough to eat! I have to admit I an old enough to have one of those Jello molds in my cupboard...lol
ReplyDeleteI bet you have a lot of amazing treasures in your cupboards! Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteWell, to my surprise these are the best faux cakes I have ever seen, I was expecting a recipe.
ReplyDeleteYou did an amazing job of making them look so real!!
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Thank you so much, Karren! I appreciate you stopping by!
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