A few months ago, some of my closest friends in Durham promised to create a planet cake with me upon the submission of my PhD. This weekend, with the help of a gifted six year old cake decorator, we finally got around to making it. The following are pictures of its construction, which I thought that I would share here (click on any of the pictures to scroll through, or to take a closer look).
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- Chocolate cores
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- Trimming a chocolate core
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- The chocolate core in marble coloured vanilla cake
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- Trimming the second layer
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- The two internal layers
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- The two halves of the cake
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- Trimming the final layer
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- The two halves together
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- The base, covered with fondant
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- Piping the icing onto the cake
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- The outline of the first continent
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- The finished cake, with some help from a six year old!
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- Europe
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- The first cut
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- The first slice
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- A slice of Europe
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- The earth cake
Alastair's Adversaria 
Wow. And I thought my four-and-a-half-hour “Ruska Torta” took a long time! I’m guessing this took more than that. Of course, if I had friends to help….Congratulations on the cake and on your work!
Thanks! It was created over two afternoons and evenings, interspersed with several other activities. 🙂
Thanks for doing this! It is really clever, and it obviously was great fun to do. We have just gone back from a seventieth birthday party, but are off to bed now. Much love, and many blessings, Mummy.
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Amazing! Actually looks tasty too 🙂
It is extremely tasty! It is also dairy and gluten free, but you would never guess it.