I used a couple of ideas on this website and made my own version of a Ice Chest Filled with Beer Cake. I took the ice chest idea and the beer bucket idea and combined them.
This is a four layered yellow cake covered with buttercream icing and topped with marshmallow fondant. On top of the cake I have candy ice and beer bottles that I made of sugar and corn syrup. I made the beer mold by painting 12-14 layers of liquid latex onto a beer bottle. Once each layer was dry (completely) I reapplied (note this took approx 2 days to complete).
If you plan to make this cake you should start with at least a week or more to spare. I started with 2 and a half days and didn’t sleep much. I blow dried each layer until they were dry and set my alarm for hour and a half intervals to complete on time. The ice is made of equal parts sugar and corn syrup (I made 1/2 sugar and 1/2 corn syrup at a time microwaved approx 2 mins) and poured into a mold I got at Hobby Lobby. The mold is supposed to be jewels of some sort.
The beer bottles are slightly more work. Equal parts sugar and corn syrup microwaved at 2 min. intervals for 10 min. total. I used 1 cup sugar and 1 cup corn syrup for each bottle and after 10 min. I added root beer candy flavoring that I also purchased at Hobby Lobby. This flavoring already has the brown coloring that is why I chose Rootbeer.
Once it was ready I poured it into the mold I created and turned it until it stopped running. Then I placed it in large cup of ice water to cool it completely. Roll the mold off and there you are, a beer bottle that is absolutely realistic and yummy! If you attempt to make this cake, make sure you use plenty off support inside it. I recommend the hollow round plastic ones they offer more support. I purchased them at Michaels. The candy ice and beer bottles are extremely heavy and along with the weight of the layers and icing you could have a collapsed cake after a lot of work is put into it.
If you notice the bottles in the front of the cake are real, the one you make will not have a bottom so I bought a six pack, used the labels off of 3 and the other 3 were part of the decoration and my gift for his 50th celebration. You can use any beer gut, peel the label off and put on your candy bottles.
This was the most awesome birthday cake EVER! Melissa you really out did yourself. Thank you for making the party a great success with your wonderful cake creation. Everyone I talk to I show them your work and they are just amazed that it’s not a real Ice Chest. You truly have a talent. Keep up the GREAT WORK.
Wonderful, awesome cake, GREAT JOB.
i was wondering you used 1/2 cup of corn syrup and sugar for the ice and a cup of corn syrup and sugar for the beer bottles?
that would be a superhuman effort but the cake looks amazing and i wish that i could make something like that
Hi
I am making a cake like this for my friend. I am just wondering if you used regular sugar for the ice or isomalt.
The beer bottles look amazing! I made latex mold of a half bottle. I would like to try doing the whole bottle doing it your way. Could you please provide more details on making the bottle. Thanks