Crucifixion Cake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Each year, I make an Easter Cake for myself. Last year I made a log cake with bunnies. That cake can be found here. This year, I chose to go with a more symbolic cake. I thought about the concept for this cake for a couple of weeks, worrying for the most part about how to achieve the crown of thorns. In the end, it all came through and the feedback on this cake was nothing short of amazing. I have a post here with detailed tutorials on how this cake was made. Below, I will be taking you through various elements of the cake.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cake itself is a combination of 2 different types of cakes: A Yellow Butter Cake (recipe soon) and a White Butter Cake (recipe soon). Both sponges were frosted with Vanilla Bean Buttercream Frosting. All the designs on the cake were done using Marshmallow Fondant. The “blood” was made with Royal Icing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The most striking feature of this cake is the crown of thorns. This was made with Marshmallow Fondant. Again, this post will show you how it was made.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The body of the cake was made to look like dilapidated wood to symbolize the cross on which Jesus was crucified.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Running down the sides of the cake is red royal icing which symbolizes the blood that was shed on the cross.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the base of the cake are a few screws (They were actually meant to be nails. Ooops!). The screw heads can also be seen holding up the “INRI” sign which was on the cross.  These symbolize the nailing of Jesus to the cross.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the top left side of the cake is a piece of red cloth which symbolizes His garment which was torn by the soldiers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am so in love with this cake that it has inspired a yearly trend of thought provoking Easter cakes. I will show pictures below of each year’s Easter cake.