Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network May 2017 | Page 66

Step 13:
Add colour until you
have the desired effect.
Step 15:
With a circle cutter I
trimmed the fondant
around the hole, wide
enough that the washer
Step 14:
will fit snuggly within it.
From beneath, find that
Attach the first nut and
pre drilled hole and poke washer as shown with
a skewer or sharp tool
the nut as close to the
through.
end as possible.
Step 17:
Step 18:
Place your first
The second adjustable
adjustable wrench on the wrench on the top nut
bottom nut
and tighten by moving
your hands in opposite
directions. You need this
as tight as you possibly
can for maximum
sturdiness.
Step 19:
To make my threaded
rod food safe I use an
aluminium tape and wipe
down with an alcohol
wipe or rose spirit on
paper towel.
Step 16:
Insert the rod from
underneath then place
the washer followed by
the nut as shown.
Step 20:
Here I’ve baked a white
choc cake in my Fat
Daddio 8” sphere tin.
You can carve the shape
but this tin is handy to
have in your collection!
Note: the length of your threaded rod is up to you but
keep in mind it will determine how high your milk jug
will float. Mine is about 18” long. The best way to cut
threaded rod and gives the cleanest cut is a grinder BUT
the job can be done with a hacksaw and some muscle!