Wednesday, September 8, 2010

It's Rocket Man, It's Batman--NO--It's Ron Heitman's 70th Birthday!

Here in Cleveland, every once in awhile, on a lovely sunny day, you can be driving down I-271 and do a double-take when what goes ZOOMMMMM-ing by ????  THE ROCKET CAR!  Now, you say, what the devil is The Rocket Car?  It's a beautifully restored ride from the now defunct Euclid Beach Amusement Park.  Or, perhaps you'll see a sleek looking 2 seater with blinding chrome trim, huge fins, and FIRE coming out of the rear exhaust!  Yep, it's a BATMOBILE--restored and tearing up the highway.
The owner/restorer of these marvelous icons, Ron Heitman, celebrated his 70th birthday recently and I was asked to re-create them in cake.  To round out the display (and the number of servings), I also made a Snap-On tool chest, complete with his initials carved in the top.
The tool chest was devil's food cake with vanilla buttercream.  It served 75+.  The open drawer of the chest was yellow pound cake with cookies 'n cream filling.  It served  18.  The rocket car was marble pound cake with cookies 'n cream filling.  It served 24+.  The Batmobile was also marble pound cake and served 12+.  All  were covered in fondant with hand modeled and hand painted accents.