Well, thought this dartboard cake would be an easy one and how wrong I was! Made the cake which is chocolate layered into 3 with chocolate ganashe filling. Then I covered it with fondant icing.
I then started to think about putting the dartboard on it. I eventually copied a picture of a dartboard from the internet. No need to print, just put a piece of thin paper over your screen and trace it. I then used the pin pricks and cocoa tip to get the outline. I pinpricked the design and then sprinkled it with cocoa, just a little. This gave me the rough outline of the dartboard.
I painted each segment in the appropriate colour and then piped the ‘wires’ and the numbers. After they were dry I painted them with silver edible paint. I made the dart of out fondant strengthened with gum tragacanth and made the ‘flight’ out of rice paper coloured with edible pens.
I then made a ‘note’ out of fondant to look like a folded napkin and attached that to the board with the dart, which had a piece of spaghetti in the end to strengthen it and also to be able to pierce through the note. I wrote the greeting on the note with edible pen. The reason I say it was not easy is because of the way the segments are arranged you cannot just draw lines across your cake to make them as I at first thought I could do.
Believe me it is not an easy cake to do. But, I was pleased with the results and so were the recipients!
Oh my…that is a lot of detail work…fantastic job.
how did you color in the segments – just food coloring w/paintbrush?
Think it’s fab…I’ve just had my own nightmare dartboard cake…did it as a run out in the end…looked a bit rubbish though!
I just love your cake and know that was a lot of work but I used colored sugar for my shaded areas a little easier I thought. I had trouble with the dart but the person it was for loved it anyways.
What size cake pan and was it 3 layer or just cut in to 3 sections
What a fantastic job. Although I have to say on reading everything you had to do in order to achieve the end result I have been put off trying this one as I am limited for time but at least I am glad I didn’t start it. Well done it looks fab!
LOVE IT!!!My husband and I play darts every Friday night with fam and friends and I’m hooked..This is sooo AWESOME..great job
How did u do the black bit of the dart board is that fondant an the rest paint thanks
What size cake tin did you use? I’ve got to make 1 and I’m unsure of what size to use so the segments look ok? Your cake looks amazing!