Haunted House Part 3: Roof Shingles

Roof Shingles

Welcome to Part Three of my Haunted House Cake Tutorial Series. 🏚️

And just in time for HALLOWEEN!!! 🎃

There are four parts in all, so be sure to watch all of them!

• PART ONE – SPOOKY CHOCOLATE TREES
• PART TWO – WINDOWS AND SIDING
• PART THREE – ROOF SHINGLES
• PART FOUR – CREEPY BOARD, BATS AND GHOSTS

Haunted House Cake Tutorial – Part Three

In this blog post and video tutorial,
I will be sharing how I created the Roof Shingles for my husband’s Haunted House Sculpted Birthday Cake. 

And since they were made with my super tasty LMF Marshmallow Fondant, they were a BIG hit at the party!

Well, let’s get started…

Here is a list of the things you will need:

Tools and Supplies

CAKE BOARD

• 12x12x1/2″ MDF Board (I buy 4×8′ sheets at Home Depot and have them cut to size)
• 4 each Self-Adhesive Felt Pads
• Melted Dark Chocolate in Piping Bag
• Pen (to draw on board)

BIG SHINGLES

• Black Fondant
• Easy Rose Cutter Set (largest size)
• Circle Cutter (close in size to above)
• Pizza Cutter / X-Acto Knife
• Cakeheads Bench Scraper
• Cling Wrap
• Powdered Sugar

SMALL SHINGLES

• Orange Fondant
• Easy Rose Cutter Set (smallest size)
• Cakeheads Bench Scraper
• Purple Fondant
• Pizza Cutter / X-Acto Knife
• Cling Wrap
• Powdered Sugar

CHIMNEY (not shown)

• Brown Fondant
• Dresden Tool
• Japanese Noodles or Spaghetti Noodles
• Needle Tool

 

MAKE LITTLE SHINGLES

• Roll out orange fondant
• Cut out several shingles with smallest size easy rose cutter
• Cut each piece in half with bench scraper or X-Acto knife
• Store under cling wrap

MAKE CHIMNEY (not shown in video)

• Shape brown fondant into chimney shape (with angled bottom to match roof)
• Add brick details with dresden tool
• Insert Japanese noodles / spaghetti noodles for support
• Set aside to dry

ATTACHING SHINGLES (below chimney)

• Apply water to solid edge only (leave scallop edge dry)
• Start from bottom with scallop edge down and hanging over edge
• Attach two rows of black shingles, overlapping each row for a staggered pattern
• Attach one row of orange shingles
• Roll out purple fondant
• Cut a 3/4″ – 1″ wide strip long enough to go around the cake with pizza cutter or X-Acto knife
• Attach purple strip above orange scallops to hide ganache
• Attach more black shingles – stop when you reach chimney area

CHIMNEY

• Determine placement of chimney
• Mark where Japanese noodles / spaghetti noodles will be inserted
• Poke holes in cake with needle tool
• Line up Japanese noodles / spaghetti noodles with needle tool holes
• Attach chimney

ATTACHING SHINGLES (below chimney)

• Attach MORE black shingles – cut apart and place one or two at a time
• Trim shingles to fit around chimney
• Add shingles all the way to the top
• Trim top of shingles flat with scissors
• Roll out small amount of black fondant

FANCY ROOF CROWN

• Use circle cutter to make five round shingles
• Attach round shingles directly over roof crown, starting from the outside edges

Your ROOF is complete…

Place cake in refrigerator to chill and take a bow! 🙂

Now we can move on to the video…

How did you like that spooky background music? Special thanks to Adultz94 for allowing me to use his Creepy Haunted House Organ Music!🏚️