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Edible Amethyst

3/21/2017

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This coming weekend we are celebrating our youngest granddaughter's first birthday. She'll be getting an amazing 'fairy' cake, made by my sister.  Well, a few days later is our eldest grandson's birthday, and so he doesn't feel left out, I decided to make him something special too.

He'll be turning 14, and is into rocks and minerals, so what could be more appropriate than an edible 'rock'?  Years ago when I was a volunteer art teacher, one of my favourite projects in grade six was the making of paper rocks and minerals. I had drawn up crystal patterns for various rocks and minerals, and they were printed onto card stock. The kids made the crystals and covered them with Podgy & tissue paper. Then the crystals were glued onto a 'paper rock base' made of crumpled construction paper slathered with wallpaper paste. They looked incredibly believable....
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So I thought maybe I could make one out of gingerbread. I mixed up a batch of gingerbread, printed out the patterns for amethyst and proceeded to cut and bake all the parts....
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Obviously gingerbread isn't going to be as straight and 'crisp-edged' as paper, so after gluing all
​the pieces together with royal icing, I did a little sanding to smooth everything out a little....
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After brushing on a coat of white royal icing, I painted all the 'crystals' with
​diluted purple food colouring, and put them over a heating duct to dry....
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We made a 'rock base' of thick gingerbread supported with aluminum foil underneath, then with more royal icing, I glued all the 'crystals' onto the 'rock'. Piped some star points around and between everything, and sprinkled some purple sugar for a bit of sparkle.....
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I hope he likes it.
3 Comments
Donna
3/21/2017 09:27:24 am

What a great idea!!! Your grandson will be getting one of, if not the most, original and unusual birthday cakes ever!

Happy birthday to both of your grandchildren :o)

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Melissa
3/22/2017 01:11:45 pm

Everything about this post is amazing. Your grandson is going to love it. :)

He's a kid after my own heart. Might need to make some for myself!

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Jane
3/27/2017 11:49:41 am

This is just so imaginative....so very imaginative! Bravo!

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