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My wife and myself to an extent are looking at doing a spartacus themed cake for my brothers birthday. Thinking a 3d Colosseum built above the cake something like this https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=colos ... B600%3B449" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; but alot more simple

At the moment im thinking wafers to build the structure.. any ideas on what else to use that would work better?

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just buy a whole load of different small cakes and put a small speaker in each and set up timers so they all say "I'm Spartacus" one after the other.

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No my wife and I are looking to do a Spart.... etc etc

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If your doing it like this image, you could use Rice Krispie squares.

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Knulpuk wrote:No my wife and I are looking to do a Spart.... etc etc
Ill be supervising :)


Rice crispy squares not a bad idea as they are so sticky.. Just so dense and big. It might be possible to cut them thinner I suppose

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What are the chances of someone on here having their own cake making business...

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Get some custard from the Spar and you're almost there

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Chrisharry12345 wrote:My wife and myself to an extent are looking at doing a spartacus themed cake for my brothers birthday. Thinking a 3d Colosseum built above the cake something like this https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=colos ... B600%3B449" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; but alot more simple

At the moment im thinking wafers to build the structure.. any ideas on what else to use that would work better?
Sorry, I made you one before I saw the 'lot more simple' bit.....



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So I tried again and did this:

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But thought that was too simple so went for:

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Chrisharry12345 wrote:
Knulpuk wrote:No my wife and I are looking to do a Spart.... etc etc
Ill be supervising :)


Rice crispy squares not a bad idea as they are so sticky.. Just so dense and big. It might be possible to cut them thinner I suppose

Use them as 'building blocks' then cover them with 'roll out icing', which you can colour. on the 'seating area' use Jelly babies for the crowd.

Put your cake in the middle. Job done, fully edible Spartacus Colisseum cake.

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Yeah jelly baby crowd is the plan, and limbless fighters of course :)

I think it will look fine without the icing? I think I prefer the wafers over the rice crispy squares style wise but the crispy squares will probably glue alot better https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=wafer ... B250%3B250" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thinking of have a cake, building with wafers up the side and about the height of the cake again above it for the Colosseum. and using the wafers to create the benches around the side with the jelly baby crowd.

The cake will be topped in brown sugar to look like sand and then some red food colouring for the blood splatters :)

We could even dye the sponge red to represent all the blood spilt in the arena

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Chrisharry12345 wrote:Yeah jelly baby crowd is the plan, and limbless fighters of course :)
Sorted - with added entrails....

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Looks good murf, are they penguins???

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vertical penguins with horizontal bourbons (cos they are flatter)

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hmm ill have a think

When it gets done ill post it up it will look pretty amatureish as we have this evening only to make the cake and assemble :)

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murf wrote:just buy a whole load of different small cakes and put a small speaker in each and set up timers so they all say "I'm Spartacus" one after the other.
+1

Would he want to be reminded of his slavery?

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Chrisharry12345 wrote:Yeah jelly baby crowd is the plan, and limbless fighters of course :)

I think it will look fine without the icing? I think I prefer the wafers over the rice crispy squares style wise but the crispy squares will probably glue alot better https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=wafer ... B250%3B250" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thinking of have a cake, building with wafers up the side and about the height of the cake again above it for the Colosseum. and using the wafers to create the benches around the side with the jelly baby crowd.

The cake will be topped in brown sugar to look like sand and then some red food colouring for the blood splatters :)

We could even dye the sponge red to represent all the blood spilt in the arena

Use popping candy for the sand :idea:

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Would icing sugar and a raspberry puree typethang (instead of water) turn into icing?

It all sounds incredibly sweet to me.

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Stage one complete need to build it one lot higher, get some arches going around the edges and get the jelly babies on and do blood splatters!Image

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Here is the end result ImageImage

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Pretty impressive!

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Not a clue how he will cut it mind

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Punching the walls down could be appropriate? :lol:

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Showed Mrs S who agreed that it's worked well.

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You need a decent bricky to sort your pointing out.

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Very impressive but badly let down by the historical inaccuracies. In Roman times they still hadn't invented jelly babies.

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Ha ha a bit more time and I would have pointed it up good and proper

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