Beam Me Up Scotty

This week I was given the challenge of making a Star Trek themed cake for a 50th birthday. Ive watched maybe one episode of Star Trek in my lifetime and I know nothing about the show, so this cake took a little research. They wanted something simple but funny. I made a square cake, chocolate sponge and chocolate buttercream. I wanted to make the cake into the shirt that they wear on Star Trek. I also decided to make a little gumpaste Spock with his signature hand gesture. The cake was looking good but needed something else, so on the front went the "Happy Birthday" and on the back "Live Long and Prosper". Tad-da! A Star Trek themed cake is born.

Cake Time Total: 4 hours