Nintendo Groom's Cake
If you remember Super Mario Brothers, Tetris, Galaga and Donkey Kong, you
probably played on one of these old-school
Nintendos. The bride ordered this
Nintendo NES cake for
her groom as a surprise. She supplied me
with a photo of
Pink Cake Box’s version of this cake and I used it as well as a
few other pictures I found online as a guide.
Preparation
When you are making a replica of something like this in cake, it helps
if you can find drawings with dimensions to assist in getting the scale
right.
I took note of the size of the items on the control panel and then scaled that to the controller I was making so it would look more realistic. I found it much easier to work in centimeters and millimeters than inches.
Carving the Cake
I decided to make the Chocolate Kaluha cakes in a 10 x 10 cake
pan. I cut about 2 inches off one side
to give it a more realistic shape. I
wrapped the cakes in several layers of plastic wrap and put it in the
freezer. A cold cake is much easier
to
carve. Using paper and cardstock, I made a template of the sloped bottom
portion and used it to carve the cake, which I had filled with chocolate Swiss
Meringue Buttercream that had been flavored with kaluhua. I iced the entire
cake in chocolate ganache and let it sit overnight to firm up.
It was easier to carve it upside down...
then flip it right side up.
Once the ganache had sufficiently hardened, I covered the top with a
light grey fondant. The Nintendo console
is light grey on the top and top portion of the sides but dark grey on the
bottom portion of the sides. The template that was used to carve the cake with
was also used to cut a panel of fondant for the bottom portion.
Using the pictures as a guide, I added some details. The controllers were made in advance from
rice cereal treats covered in fondant. I painted on a glaze of corn syrup mixed with vodka to give them a shiny look.
I don’t often get the chance to make cakes like this and was pleased
with how it turned out.
The wedding cake was designed from a picture provided by the
bride. The colors (pale yellow, orange
and grey) matched the color scheme of the reception hall décor. The reception was held at 211 Main Hall &
in Como, MS.
I wish Mark and Kathryn many years of happy memories.
