How to Make a Jeep Grooms Cake - JEEP - CJ - Wedding - BACHELOR CAKE

The groom was happy !

             
                You can find all the instructions here!

 This bachelor cake was quite a hit at the wedding!

              This little guy couldn't resist playing in   the mud!

                                 It had working lights!

The decals on the back were copied directly

from the grooms actual  Jeep.

 

Step 1:

Get pictures of your Jeep!     Take pictures from every side!    
The more pictures you take the better!  (30 minutes)

Step 2:
 (30 minutes)

Take measurements of your Jeep.

        

For example:

Bumper is 6 feet

Tail gate is 3 feet

Fifty inches from the bottom in between the tires.

Fender to back is 10.5 feet

Fender to fender is 5 feet.

Tire to tire is 70 inches.

4 feet from the bottom to the top bumper.

22" is the windshield.

32" is the height of the tire.

 (30 minutes)

Step 3:
(30 minutes)
Make a paper outline of your Jeep using the dimensions you measured.

Get two 8x12 pans.

I used aluminum pans,

lined with foil.

Step 4:
(1 hour)

Bake 5 layers.                  Cake mixes  (2 mixes each)                 $ 12

                                       6 sticks butter                                        $  6

                                      12 eggs                                                   $  3


 

Step 5:
(1hour)

You can make the fondant ahead of time.

You will need:                  
2 bags of marshamellows     $4

2 bags of confectioners sugar.       $4
3 tbs butter
3 tbs water
3 tbs corn syrup

Step 6:
(15 minutes)
Freeze the cake after you wrap it well in saran wrap.

Step 7:
(45 minutes)
Trace the outline of your jeep onto cardboard box, triple it up!

Tape up the layers of cardboard and cover them with aluminum foil.

Cut out cups for foundations.

Tape the cups for support.

Glue the supports.

Step 8:
(1 hour)

With pictures you have taken of the Jeep,

Roll out fondant.

Looking at the pictures, make the fondant into the colors you will need.

For this Jeep we needed white, green, black, red, yellow.

I cheated on the black and bought a Wilton Black Sugar Sheet for the top.

Step 9:
(2.5 hours)

While looking at your pictures, make the details from the fondant.



Step 10:

(1 hour)

1/2 pound butter

1 2 pound bag confectioners sugar.

White frosting:  1/2 c. butter, 1/2 cup margarine

                          tsp salt

                          2 tsp vanilla

                          3 tbsp. milk

                          5 cups confectioners sugar

I bought 2 chocolate frostings $1.60 each= $3.20

               2 lbs. confectioners sugar   $1.62

       

Make frosting.

Trace your paper outline on to the cake.

Then, slice cake in half.

                                     Frost the middle and outside.

                                            Put in the freezer.

Save part of the cake for a bumper.

Frost the scraps and make everyone around happy to get samples.



Step 11.

(1 hour)

Carve the Second cake.

Cut it in half.

Frost it.

It definitely helps with the shaping to have a model Jeep.

I had this toy Jeep to look at to help me with the dimensions.

Put the second cake layers on top of your layers from step 10.

Cover the whole thing in frosting.

Step 12.

(1 hour)

Carve your large Jeep Cake Body.

To get it to look like the actual Jeep you are trying to make,

it helps to have a picture up of the real Jeep.

 

Step 13.

(2 hours)

Make a batch of Rice Krispies treats.

Shape into tires.

Frost with Chocolate Bark. (You can purchase this at Walmart.)

Let them cool.

Take kabob skewers, put through one tire, then through Jeep body.

attach second tire to other side.

Step 14. 

(several hours for detailing)

Fondant and detailing of the cake.

You can spend as much time, or as little time as you want,

depending on how detailed you want it.

Finished the cake on Wednesday.

-being the mother of the groom,

I needed to have some time for

visiting and preparations as

the wedding was on Saturday.