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
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Easy Instructions
In addition to the video tutorial, here are the written instructions. 🙂
PREP CAKE BOARD
- Attach feet to bottom of board (approx 3/4″ from each corner)
- Draw a pattern of your intended layout (location of cake, trees, pathway, etc.)
- Attach cake to board with melted chocolate
- Secure cake to board by piping melted chocolate around the cake
- Place cake in refrigerator to chill
MAKE BIG SHINGLES
- Roll out black fondant
- Cut out several shingles with largest size easy rose cutter
- Cut each piece in half with bench scraper or X-Acto knife
- Store under cling wrap
- Make more shingles – you will need LOTS of them!
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…
Video Tutorial: Haunted House Cake – Part 3 Roof Shingles
How did you like that spooky background music? Special thanks to Adultz94 for allowing me to use his Creepy Haunted House Organ Music!🏚️
I hope you found the techniques in this tutorial fun, easy-to-follow and helpful. Don’t forget to subscribe so you will be the first to know when a new post is available!
One more to go…
Your very own Haunted House Cake is almost complete! All that’s left is to decorate the creepy cake board, create some floating bats & ghosts, and finish assembling everything.
Be sure to watch all four videos in this series:
- PART ONE – SPOOKY CHOCOLATE TREES
- PART TWO – WINDOWS AND SIDING
- PART THREE – ROOF SHINGLES
- PART FOUR – CREEPY BOARD, BATS AND GHOSTS
Until next time! 🙂
Loving life, having fun, and Making Memories with Custom Cakes ❤️
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