Baking birthday cakes for family members has been fun throughout the years, but I never know what will be requested for the next celebration. As the kids grow up, their tastes and interests change, so it’s rare that anyone ever wants the same kind of cake twice. One of my more recent cakes was topped with a hunting rifle. I didn’t have a clue how to make a rifle, but with modeling chocolate and a bit of trial and error, the birthday cake was produced.
The honoree requested a half chocolate, half vanilla cake, so I baked the cake using an 8 x 14-inch pan I could split with dividers.
The dividers gave the center of the cake a checkerboard look.
I had only tried using modeling chocolate once before, but it’s easy to make. The recipe can be found here. Instead of using white candy melts and adding coloring, I used caramel candy melts for the stock of the gun and black candy melts for the barrel and scope.
Modeling chocolate is fun to use, and I hope to get the hang of it after a few more cakes.
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