Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network August 2014 | Page 14

Airplane Cake

Step 1:
Picture 2. Glue 4-24 x 18 inch
cardboard pads together to create
base; use provided pattern to mark
where to hot glue uprights to board

Mike McCarey

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Step 2:
Pictures 3-4. Hot Glue the uprights
in place (be generous with the hot
glue on the base)
Step 3:
Picture 5. IMMEDIATELY- angle in
the uprights to be 1” wide at the
top
Step 4:
Pictures 6. Hot glue on body plate;
the tapered end should be 6”
forward from the tips of the upright

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Step 5:
Pictures 7. Hot glue on wing
mounts- see pattern for placement
Step 6:
Pictures 8-9. Bend nose plate and
hot glue arch support in place

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You will need:
• base board 24 x 18 cardboard 4x
thick

• tail pieces (foam core and tag
board)

• 2 uprights MDF

• tail wings foam core

• body board MDF

• foam core main wing

• nose pieces foam for and tag board

• foam core wing mounts

• foam core wing mounts

• Cake: 1/2 sheet (11” by 18”)

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Step 7:
Pictures 10-12. Hot glue nose plate
to body plate