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Wine Barrel Cake
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My dad turned 80 this year and there is something about that number that got me a little choked up.  This is definitely a milestone birthday that deserves a celebration.  My mom pulled off a fabulous dinner for friends and family and I brought the cake.

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Dad and Mom-8/7/2013 on their 48th wedding anniversary

One of my dads hobbies is wine making so I fashioned the cake into a wine barrel.  What seemed like a fairly easy carving actually took a considerable amount of time in order to get the sides symmetrical.

Wine Barrel Cake

The wood grain effect came from an impression mat that I rolled over the fondant before placing it on the cake. The fondant was colored a light brown but I didn’t care for the flat, one-dimensional color so I used a couple of shades of brown food coloring to paint over the fondant.

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I used silver food coloring to create the rings around the top, bottom, and middle of the barrel.  The grapes are made from buttercream using a 12D piping tip and the grape leaves are made from sugar paste.  I finished the look of the cake by covering the cake board in wood grain fondant.

Buttercream grapes

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About Dahn Boquist

Dahn Boquist is a retired nurse turned recipe developer, home cook, and baker with years of hands-on experience creating and testing from-scratch recipes. She specializes in whole-food cooking with creative twists on classic dishes. When she’s not in the kitchen, she enjoys sharing meals with family, exploring the Pacific Northwest, and spending time with her grandchildren.

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30 Comments

  1. H Brown says:

    How much would you sell this cake for?

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    1. Dahn says:

      oh this is a time consuming cake design to make. I don’t do it professionally and usually make cakes for family or charge a very nominal fee for friends to cover my cost but I imagine if this were to be purchased in a professional bakery it would be well over $10/slice

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  2. Linda Billingsley says:

    Your wine barrel cake is beautiful! How tall is it? I want to make this cake, but covering it with ganache, no fondant, is this doable? Thank you linda

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    1. Dahn says:

      Hi Linda. Thank you for your compliment. The cake is about 12 inches tall. It would work just fine to cover it in ganache or just plain buttercream (or a mixture of both if you want to play with different color and shades) Have fun with this 🙂

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