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Eagle Cake, Part 1: Structure & Cake building

38m

Structure elements:
(Links to items in the supplies section)

1/2" thick, 2'w x 18"d MDF board with 1" hole
(1/2") fitted, close nipple
(1/2") cap
(1/2" fitted) coupler
1/2", 8" tall nipple pipe
reducer, 1/2" to 1/4"
1/4", 2" tall nipple pipe
coupler (1/4" fitted)
close nipple (1/4" fitted)
cap (1/4" fitted)
MDF board cut to shape (for eagle's body) with jigsaw or coping saw (with 2, 1/4" holes drilled for wing wire)
1/4" aluminum armature wire
wire mesh (gutter guard)
1/8" armature wire

Cake:

(2) 6" rounds baked in 4" deep tins
(2) 6" rounds baked in 3" deep tins

Feathers:

8 big wafer feathers per wing and 7 for tail (23 total)
14 small wafer feathers per wing (28 total)
42 big mod choc/fondant feathers per wing (84 total)
30 medium " " " " " " (60 total)
6ish small " " " " " " (12 ish total)

Link to the template for the eagle's body board... https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FMH7j-ROZI-B3Am7s7q_q5iqmEa0BJuliVBPpvXaJdg/edit?usp=sharing
Link to Eagle photo size I used as reference for building:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gPGL7G1m3qdXVRCPO9lxexWorXH4YQ-RQt2sqfGNRP4/edit?usp=sharing
When an inspiration photo has to be printed this large, it gets a little tricky when doing it from your home computer, so follow these directions:

First, click on the Google Doc link that I've provided. You'll need to have a google account to complete the next steps, so if you want to print from these google docs I add, it's a good idea to setup a google account.
Ok, after you click on the link and the photo has opened in the document, click "file" in the upper left hand corner.
A menu drops down... then click on "make a copy". A box pops up where you can give the file a name and designate which folder in your google drive you'd like to save it to. It should then automatically open up that copied document for you.
You should be able to edit that document (you can only view the original that I posted.) On that new document, you'll have print it out in sections and then move the photo around (without changing it's size) and print out remaining sections. I would print out that wing section you see first, and then start moving it to get to the other areas. In order to move it, you first need to click on the picture. A blue box should appear around it.
Then, click the "crop image" icon up in the tool bar. It will show you the full picture, and you can then drag it to a new section to print out.
Once you've dragged the photo and decided the next section to print, click the "crop image" icon again
and then you can click on the printer icon in the tool bar to print out that section.
You should be able to continue to hit the crop button and move the picture around to each new section to print out until you've printed the entire photo...and then piece it together and attach with tape!

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LINKS & SUPPLIES

Related tutorial: Section 3 (Making Ganache) of the Fundamentals Course: https://cakeheads.vhx.tv/videos/cakeheads-session-three
Related tutorial: Modeling Chocolate video tutorial and live session recording (no separate video available)
Related tutorial: Tree Bark Cake Finish (Or Craggy Rock) Tutorial - see the sibling video on this same page

RECIPES
- Chocolate Ganache (and how to adjust the ratio for white chocolate ganache too!)
- Chocolate Sour Cream Cake
- SUPER Easy Meringue Buttercream (Vanilla or Chocolate!)
- Modeling Chocolate

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