492095 Thu Feb 21 20:51:19 -0800 2008 8 31 Home Cooking 0 3422950 I've been charged to make a cake shaped like a bomb for the departure of a co-worker. I am thinking I should do the classic round bomb with the string fuse on top. Anyone have ideas on how to do this? Are there round molds out there? Also, if you have other shape suggestions, I'm all ears! Thu Feb 21 20:51:19 -0800 2008 57071 margieslocal 1 3422966 an ice cream bomb Thu Feb 21 20:57:51 -0800 2008 3422950 110475 charlottecooks 1 3423755 You could bake two cakes in a stainless steel bowl, cut off the bottom of one cake so it sits flat then put the two cakes together like any other layer cake. In Julia Child's book Cooking with Master Chefs, Michel Gerard makes a cake he calls Chocolate Dome, using a chocolate flavored genoise baked in a stainless steel bowl, then cut into two layers and filled with chocolate mousse (and "iced" with chocolate ganache). You'd just need to make two of them to make a round "bomb". Fri Feb 22 08:03:08 -0800 2008 3422950 139725 janniecooks 2 3424988 That makes sense - thank you!! Fri Feb 22 12:58:03 -0800 2008 3423755 57071 margieslocal 1 3425212 You could also do two bundt cake pans and turn the tops together. Fill the hole w/ an ice cream cone (cake cone) and frost. The ridges disappear w/ enough frosting. Like this pumpkin cake: http://ordinarymother.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/easy-pumpkin-shaped-cake/ Fri Feb 22 13:55:02 -0800 2008 3422950 39874 chowser 1 3425560 How about cupcakes? You can tint the icing and use gumdrops stuck with a little bit of black string licorice for the fuse. Fri Feb 22 15:38:53 -0800 2008 3422950 164177 Erika L 2 3426021 y'all are geniuses! thank you. Fri Feb 22 18:26:32 -0800 2008 3425560 57071 margieslocal 1 3426508 Or just get the ball-shaped sports pan from wilton. Comes with a handy little stand so it doesn't fall over in the oven. Fri Feb 22 22:39:08 -0800 2008 3422950 155583 modthyrth 1 5174838 Im looking for a bombe cake that was reportedly from Julia Child that was made in a bowl of a 1/4 inch brownie cake lined the bowl and then filled with a dense chocolate mouse and then unmolded and the seams after it set were covered with c chocolate glaze and nuts were sprinled on top. Does anyone know the real recipe for this very wonderful dessert. Once sold at Peice of Cake a desert resturant on M street in DC back in the 80"s Wed Nov 11 23:03:56 -0800 2009 3422950 1123856 klafrance