Geode Cake Without Rock Candy

It was supposed to look like a fancy pink geode rock cake and as they finished decorating it the bakers were probably like ah yes we did science on a cake but the internet saw something else entirely.

Geode cake without rock candy.

String rock candy and regular rock candy. Start painting the rock candy starting from the darkest shade to the lightest shade. A minnesota bakery made a stunningly gorgeous cake. The nadia cakes cake that broke the internet.

Add a metallic color to the edges of the geode shape by painting the rock candy on the edges with edible metallic gold. Empty rock sugar in a ziploc bag add. Just take note that to make your own candy will take approximately 2 weeks so ensure you allow plenty of time to make the candy and allow it to dry. String rock candy is loose candy and is larger than the classic variety.

Regular rock candy is the classic kind we know on a stick. Or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let it be known that two different types of rock candy are required. Image via facebook nadia cakes and the bakery is trolling right back.

The most common colors used for a geode cake are purple turquoise sky blue. Make an alfoil bowl as shown in the video and pour in the hot sugar solution completely wrap in alfoil and leave for 48 hours for crystals to form. Press rock candy into the piping gel starting with the darkest shade. Continue laying out rows of piping gel and pressing in the rock candy applying lighter colors and smaller pieces as you move farther out toward the edge of the cut.

Loosen cake from side of bowl with knife. Once the rock candy has been painted let dry. Cool cake 10 min. What intended to be a geode rock cake with pink buttercream frosting and a strip of rock candy turned into an media sensation in january 2018 when people saw well something else.

You want both to mix up the look of the geode. 300g 10 58 ounces white chocolate melts or candy melts 2 tbsp or 14g 0 49 ounces cocoa powder.