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How to make mini cake and icing cups: Tutorial – NaBloPoMo 12

Day 12 of the National Blog posting month and I think its time for a tutorial. I had never made these coffee cups until last week but wanted to challenge myself to something that little bit different. I knew that I could use solid icing but really who wants to eat that? So what better than mini coffee cakes? I also used marzipan to wrap around them to help them hold their shape. And they did, this cake has travelled from my house to Liverpool and back and then to my sister’s and Chris’ where is will spend its final days. Nom! I baked some tiny coffee cakes in my mini cupcake tin – diameter approx 3-4cm but a circle cake could just be cut out of a shallow one tier cake. I only wanted the cake to be about 2cm high but I suppose it depends how tall you want the ‘cup’ to be – I wanted espresso size. I cut out a round of marzipan using a circle cutter and then wrapped a layer of marzipan around the sides. It felt stronger straightaway. Then, I put a really thin layer of modelling chocolate on the top – brown more »

Tagged Cake Tutorial, covering a cake in marzipan, how to make a cup out of icing, how to make a fondant cup, making icing look wet, mini coffee cake, rolling out icing, using piping gel

Cake Topper Tutorial – How to make an icing Hello Kitty – Cake of the Week

By Helen | June 12, 2011 - 12:44 pm | Cake of the Week, Cake Topper, Cake Tutorial, Children's Cakes, Novelty Cake, Uncategorized 2 Comments

After the success of the gruffalo tutorial, I wish to present another ‘How to’ tutorial – How to make a fondant Hello Kitty cake topper again using a creme egg middle. I have had a few people asking what to use if creme eggs are not available (normally between August-January) – I would use a mini Milky Way or Mars Bar. Firstly cover the creme egg in sugar glue then wrap around with a thin layer of white icing – this is going to be covered in a dress later so it doesn’t have to be too neat. Try to make the seam either underneath or at the back though. Sit the covered body on a flattened blob of white icing to steady it. Roll 2 large malteser size into short sausages and flatten down one end to make a foot and leg shape. Roll a really large oval shape and attach to the body for the head – at this point your model might look a bit like one of those Alessi characters. Small yellow dot for nose. 2 slightly larger oval dots for eyes. I used a black squeezy icing tube for the whiskers but a black icing more »

Tagged Cake Tutorial, fondant balloon, hello kitty cake topper, icing hello kitty

Tutorial – How to make an Edible Gruffalo

By Helen | May 6, 2011 - 11:33 pm | Aardvark Cakes, Cake Topper, Cake Tutorial, Cakes 16 Comments

Earlier this week I posted a picture of my Gruffalo Cake and the response was incredible. I had many a discussion on Twitter about people making cakes for their children’s birthdays and decided to post some tutorials of popular ideas for children’s cakes. The first being a Creme Egg Gruffalo: My cake had to travel from St Helens to Leeds and I knew the Gruffalo was not going to be eaten so was safe to insert a cocktail stick to keep the head on – normally I would use a piece of pasta to stick the head onto or even just make it a few days in advance so the head will just stick. I used sugar glue to stick everything together – make your own or just use cooled boiled water. I used Chocolate Flavoured Fondant Icing. Roll out a piece of fondant, paint the creme egg with sugar glue and cover with the fondant. Make the seam at the back and smooth down the joint with your finger. Mark the ‘body’ with either a veining tool or a knife. Attach a small ball of icing for the neck. At this point insert the cocktail stick/pasta if you are more »

Tagged Cake Topper, Cake Tutorial, Gruffalo