Ok, I must admit when I first got asked to make a manger cake, I didn’t know what a manger was. In case you hadn’t figured out from all the Hanukkah posts…I’m Jewish. So, this is what I thought a manger was:
Turns out that’s a manger scene. I was all set to make the sheep, the wise men, maybe a goat. Good thing I was set straight by the Hills and was told that the manger is just the trough the Baby Jesus is in.
My manger is a chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream icing. A few quick swipes with the fork gave the icing a bark like exterior. The manger needed a little something extra so I added some wooden planks made out of chocolate. The hay was made from yellow fondant, rolled thin and cut into pieces with a pizza cutter. We made the hay the night before and let it dry out overnight to give it a more hay-like texture.
Each piece of our linguine-hay was meticulously put on the cake to give it that casual strewn-on look. Isn’t that the way it always works?
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we love “commissioning” your work, simmie! we’ve got a birthday party coming up in march, so we’ll try to get on your baking calendar!
Glad you liked it! I actually really liked making this cake…you always give me something interesting!
oh, and next time, we’ll have to commission you to do something with a goat in it!
oh, simmie, the manger cake was perfect! and delicious, too! thank you so much — and for your research also!