Vintage VW Bus Cake

 This cake was a special request for my husband's cousin's 40th birthday.

I made two full recipes of vegan chocolate cake. I made this cake in a 10x10 inch square cake, trimmed the sides and cut it in half. 

I filled and stacked the cake with chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream. The day I made this cake, it was swelteringly hot. So, you may notice that as time goes on.
I cleaned up the buttercream off the sides and put a cut out of a VW bus onto the side and cut around it.
Once I was happy with the carving,
I frosted the cake with the chocolate buttercream and cleaned up the cake board.
Then I cut out some black fondant and placed it onto the bottom strip of the cake.
Then I added a wide strip of red around the middle of the bus. Notice how this sags as time goes on. Did I mention it was a sweltering day?
Make sure to get that V on the front of the bus.
Then fill in the top with beige.
We're getting there.
The vintage VW buses have a ceiling that pops up to form bunk beds. That's what this was supposed to be.
And allllll the windows. Yes, there really are this many. I counted.
I pressed some texture into the sides to indicate where the doors are.
I cut out the VW logo out of white fondant and placed it in the center on the front.
I pressed small stripes along the join between the pieces of fondant and added beige bumpers.
I added some white circles onto the wheels.
And the white on the back bumper.
And I added green fondant onto the cake board.
I textured the green fondant with a star tip and added a 40 with beige. Then I painted some silver luster dust mixed with alcohol onto the white stripes and all the white spots as well as around all the windows and on the windshield to form windshield wipers.
Okay, I see the sagging fondant. Don't think I don't see it. That heat just took it out of me.
But, ignoring the sagging, I think it turned out cute. My cousin definitely immediately knew what it was.
Happy Birthday, Walburga.





Watch us make this VW bus on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/QIigRmj4sD4
Schaut zu wie wir diesen VW Bus auf YouTube machen hier: https://youtu.be/_nSBz3U6dxo

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