Pastillage (aka the devil) Cake Stands

So pastillage, the devil, is really just sugar and gelatin and vinegar. No one eats it, but it is technically edible, and is very strong, so it can be used as a support in a structure. Our task was to make a cake, covered in fondant, and put it on a cake stand, made entirely of pastillage. Not one person in my class liked the stuff, so it made for some grumpy classmates. Our theme was our first initial. My theme changed back and forth between Snakes and Sahara- it works for either.

Frank- Fire


Josh- Japan


Claudia- Circus


Amy- Arabian Nights (notice the camels and their shadows on top of the cake!)


Sofia- Spring


Caitlin- Celestial


Sheron- Starbursts


Kelly- Some Japanese Anime whose name I don't know. But hers was fantastic. This is pre- putting the cake on

And here is my Snake. I really disliked this whole project, and that shows in the final product- it's sloppy, and overly simple. The only parts I like are the painted palm trees on the support, and the snakey on top. On the first day, when I showed Chef Dianne my design, she said that it wasn't possible to shape a snake out of pastillage, because it begins to dry the moment it touches the air, and the surface would be crackly and I wouldn't have enough time to mold the shape before it dried. She was half right. I was set on having a three dimensional snake, not one just cut out of a sheet of pastillage,so I tried it anyway. In the end, the cracks worked to my advantage, giving snakey a more authentic look of having scales. This is definitely not my best work, but it didn't fall, and what my teacher said was impossible worked.