Hello!! After several requests to do a tutorial for my Mickey & Goofy Car, I finally had some free time and did a gathering of some photos. I have to apolagize, because I thought I had photos from all the step by step, but I don’t. So I did a fast toturial with the main steps, I hope it helps. SORRY!!

THE CAR

This was my model.

1 – Has you can see, the car was free hand sculpt on a chocolate cake and than filled with lemon cream.

2 – I did covered the all cake with cream before covered with sugar paste (no photo). The car hood is a peace of cake covered with white sugar paste.

3 – The Wheels…easy as that…lol

4 – The little silver details. I cut them and modeled them and then spray them with silver edible spray. I don’t have photos of the windshield and the mirrors, but they basically are just a square rod (I don’t know if this is the right name) and a ball halves.

5 – The doors and the backstitch of the hood were done hand free. And basically, for the car, that’s it.

GOOFY

Not much to say…hope it can help!!

The body, I only did the upper part.

MICKEY

I only had this photos…sorry again…I hope it helps!!

Faster than that it’s not possible..lol
Hope you liked!!! TFL

9 eggs
600g sugar
300g peeled & ground almonds
1 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp wheat flour

PREPARATION:

Mixe the eggs with the sugar, than the almonds and last the flour and the baking powder.
Line your cake pan with greaseproof paper.
Place it in the oven for around 40 minutes at 180º C.

That´s it, very very simple and so tasty.

Hope you enjoy.

Angel hair, called in Portuguese fios de ovos (“egg threads”) is a traditional Portuguese sweet food made of eggs (chiefly yolks), drawn into thin strands and boiled in sugar syrup. They are a traditional element in Portuguese cuisine, both in desserts and as side dishes.

Like other egg-based Portuguese sweets, fios de ovos is believed to have been created by Portuguese monks and nuns around the 14th or 15th centuries.The recipe was probably taken to Japan and Thailand by Portuguese explorers between the 16th and 18th centuries.

INGREDIENTS (For 400g):

16 egg yolks
500g sugar
300ml water

PREPARATION:

1 – First pass the egg yolks through a fine strainer several times to remove all solid egg material;

2 – In a large pan, let the sugar and the water boil for about 2 minutes, until it reachs, what we call the point pearl ( when the syruo reachs the 108º C). When it reachs the point, hold the heat medium;

3 – The egg yolks are dropped into simmering sugar syrup through a special funnel with a narrow opening, which must be moved around so as to keep the strands from touching before they have hardened. The cooking should be done in small batches. The strands must be pushed down into the syrup with a slotted spoon, kept there for about 30 seconds;

4 – Then they must be removed and left to cool slightly. Pass your hands through cold water and separate the strands.

That´s it, ready to eat.

Hope you enjoy.

PS: Here is a video just for you to have an idea, sorry it´s in portuguese, but if you read and see it you will understand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azs8VIRtM4E

To see the all tutorial with photos click here

CLASSIC PIANO TUTORIAL
By ANA REMÍGIO

This was my first attempt at making an elevated piano. I’m sure there may be alternative methods for doing these steps but this was the way that worked for me.

1 – First of all, you need to do the structure to hold the cake. I used two cake boards, a round one for the base ( big and strong enough for the entire cake to sit on), and a rectangular ( thinner) one to cut the piano shape (that will be base for the piano) and the piano bench.
Draw the shape of the piano onto the board and using an Xacto knife cut out the base. Do the same for the bench. Using the piano shaped board as a template, outline the board onto a piece of cardboard. This will be needed to cut the cake and to do the piano top. To elevate the piano (on legs) you will need a dowel rod a bit larger than the size of the dowel rod that you will use for the bench legs, a hammer and some nails. You cut the dowel in 3 legs for the piano and in 4 for the bench. Than you ask your husband to build it for you…(that was what I did).

2 – Now you are ready to start the cake. I began by the base. First of all I did the legs. I covered them with white fondant and then tried to give them a more vintage/romantic look, just wrapped around the legs some curly stripes (I like using them). Used a bit of water to glue them.

3 – The next step was the floor…I wanted something to go with the vintage/romantic look… so I choose a wooden floor. I cut some strips and glued them to the cake board to look like a real wooden floor that I wanted. I could have darken, to look more real, but I wanted something light, so I left it with the natural color.

4 – Now for the real cake. Bake two sheet cakes that will be large enough for your template. You will need two cakes, approximately 2 inches tall each. Using your template cut the cakes out and don´t forget to cut the area for the keyboard. Place the cake onto the cake board with filling between the two layers and cover it all with a light coat of butter cream. (I´m sorry but I don´t have photos from this part, but is something basic).

5 – For the fun part… I started by the piano bench. I did it with cake to…and covered it with fondant.

6 – Using fondant, make the keys for the keyboard, and let them dry.

7 – Cover the all piano with white fondant. After that try to smooth as much as you can, to finish with all that imperfections and give it a more perfect look.

8 . On this point I made the top of the piano. Now you have the template you did on the beginning, you just have to cut another cake board or cardboard with the piano shape, but shorter, you only need to cover the top not the keyboard.
I covered the cake board (a really thin one) with a little water and white fondant and allow it to harden.

9 – Next step was to place the keyboard. Just swab a little water and place it, as simple as that…For the sides of the keyboard, I did two thick strips and wrapped them like in the photo, to go with the legs of the piano.

10 – Next I placed the flowers (that I did the day before, to dry before using them).

11 – Now for the top of the piano. To hold the top open you have to use a dowel or a lollipop stick (I used this, because is already white, you don´t have to cover it with fondant). On the tip of the lollipop stick you have to put a bit of fondant and glue it so that the top of the piano stand firm, or you can do a small wall in the top (cake board) so that the stick fit´s. I tried the first, but it didn´t worked for me. So I did the second, and worked just fine.

12 – Before attaching to the piano, decorate the top as you fancy…Than use some water or royal icing, I prefer water because it´s so clean, to attach the top to the piano.

ÉT VOILÁ…

All decorations on the piano are made of fondant.

Hope you enjoy this tutorial, as it´s my first, your feedback will be greatly appreciated!!