Well I was set the challenge to make an Engagement Ring Box Cake for an Engagement party. The cake was easy was enough using a hexagon cake tin, with the cushion effect just needed to taper the cake and round it off slightly. The bride to be decided on a simple vanilla sponge with buttercream and jam.
The challenge for me was the lid for the box.... I decided this would be the only part that was not edible. Therefore the lid is made from cardboard base with icing laid on top. This still proved to be more challenging than I anticipated as the icing does not stick as well to the cardboard as it would cake, and working with it to do the rim etc proved to haves its own difficulties with potentially the icing cracking, lastly was the problem of holding it up against the cake and keeping it up during transportation to the venue, anyway manged to succeed against most of the dificulties, minor lid movements during transportation but was able to quickly fix again with some left over buttercream.
Hope you like. ..
