Goldman says
the staff at his Charm City Cakes bakery, which had its extreme cakes
featured in the Food Network show “Ace of Cakes,” began Friday to
decorate the details to put on the cake. They’ll start baking the cake
itself on Sunday, the day before the inauguration and the Commander in
Chief’s Ball where the cake will be served.
The
finished product will stand 3 to 4 feet tall, drip with patriotic
fondant bunting and sparkle with clusters of stars shooting out like
fireworks.
“Glitter is going to be all over the place,” Goldman said in a telephone interview.
On
Saturday, four bakers were in the process of replicating in fondant and
royal icing the presidential seal and the seals of the four military
branches honored at the Commander in Chief’s Ball. Goldman said they are
focused on the details, such as making sure the eagle in the
presidential seal faces the correct way and that the bird holds exactly
six arrows in its talons. They also want to make sure they spell the
Latin motto on the seal correctly: E pluribus unum.
“This
is oneyou really want to spellcheck, big time,” said Goldman, whose
television show ran for 10 seasons before going off the air in 2011.
Goldman
said the whole cake will take about 100 hours to complete. When
finished, it is expected to weigh 50 pounds and serve several hundred
people. Inside, guests will find Swiss buttercream frosting and layers
of red velvet, lemon poppy seed, pineapple coconut, and pumpkin
chocolate chip cake.
This isn’t
the only inauguration cake the bakery is making. Goldman says he is
baking five other cakes for various inauguration events, including a
4-foot replica of the White House. Still, the Commander in Chief’s Ball
cake is special because the event at the Washington Convention Center is
one of only two official parties the president will attend.
Goldman said he played it cool when the Presidential Inaugural Committee called about two weeks ago to ask him to make a cake.
“When you get off the phone you get to scream, ‘We’re making the inaugural cake,’” he said.

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