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Ghostbusters Cake

Published: January 30, 2010 | Updated: September 5, 2018 | By Ashlee

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One of the boys in my son’s 1st grade class had a birthday party today.  I was lucky enough to get to make his birthday cake!  He requested the Ghost Busters logo.

ghost busters carved cake

I stayed up WAY to late working on this one, but it was SOO much fun to make.  First stacked the cakes, then I started carving away, a little at a time.  Piecing together the three different fondant colors was tricky.  Especially since I didn’t realize until 2 am that I was almost completely out of white fondant!  I barely had enough to cover the ghost!

carved 3D ghostbusters cake

But it all worked out.  And I hand painted the lines and details on the cake.  I am really pleased with how this one turned out.  The had hanging out the side reaching forward. I wish I had a better side and top shot.  But when I was taking these pictures at 6 am I wasn’t thinking too clearly!

carved ghost busters cake

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  1. angela

    November 22, 2011 at 12:13 am

    How did you make the ghostbuster cake. It looks awesome. My son’s birthday is coming up, he is going to be 5 and I want to make him one.

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    • Ashlee

      December 4, 2011 at 1:41 pm

      Wow, that was a while ago… I started with an oval cake about 5 inches tall. I drew out the shape I wanted (the hands sticking out over the edges) placed it on the cake and carved it straight down. THEN I started carving the details, shaping the fingers, indenting the ghost so the red “no” shape would stick out. That way the top of the ghost head and hand were tall, but the rest of the cake was shorter… Always use dense cakes- like pound cakes, never from a box- too airy. also I angled under the hand so it would be sturdy enough to still hold up, but not be seen from the top. Then frosted it all with my ganache, then covered the whole cake with white fondant. I painted the areas that needed the red fondant with clear vanilla so the fondant would stick then covered the cake with the red fondant and finally cut away the areas that I wanted to stay white (just be sure not to paint the areas that you want to stay white with the vanilla). then drew on the black lines with an edible marker. Good luck, feel free to email me with any other questions.

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