This Guitar Cake Design was made with three box cake mixes. I baked two mixes (marble cake) in a big roasting pan for the body. Then I made a chocolate cake in a 9×13 pan, for the neck. I then froze the cakes overnight.
I traced my son’s guitar on wax paper. Then laid it on top of the frozen cake and cut (use serrated knife) out the cake from there. I took a little off the top, with a serrated knife, to make the cake flat. I also traced the head of the guitar and cut the neck and head from the frozen choc. cake.
We (I had some help, my daughter and nieces) covered the cake with black fondant. We made the bridge, screws, tuner knobs and other details from fondant painted with silver, edible paint. We made the dials and strap holders from Rolos painted silver. Everything on the cake is edible except the white pic guard on top. My son had an extra, pic guard, so we used it. We painted graham crackers and they fit perfectly in the pic guard for the “pick ups”.
I decided to not put strings on the cake. The fret markers and dots are strips of yellow fondant. It was a lot of fun to make and not as difficult as I thought. The most difficult part for me was the neck, getting it straight and narrow enough to look right.
This is the first decorative cake I’ve made like this. I would say it took 4-5 hours to make, not including baking time and time in the freezer. Have fun!
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