Fondant cakes #1: Wacky Cake Tutorial
I made a WACKY NAUGHTY CAKE a few months back and thought I’ll share how I made it.A birthday gift from my client to her hubby dear on his birthday.She wanted a really wacky cake of a lady’s bust.Each…. had vodka miniature bottles inserted inside just for kicks.;)Now here is the pictorial tutorial: Step 1:Begin by baking two dome shaped cakes of six inches diameter.Cut into layers to fill.Start by filling the cake with chocolate ganache.Once filled,using a 1.5 inch st...
Tutorial #5: 3D World Cake
How to make a 3D World Cake . I bake my cake on the shape of a ball. Ganache it to join to sides together and to correct imperfection this also will give more strength to your ball. I always open my fondant bigger than the size I need, special for a round shape. and I smooth it with a piece of fondant. I google search my image “world map”.http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/GURPS_Reign_of_Steel_world_map.pngI cut my conutries and useit as template to cut my fondant....
Chocolate Cake - Delicious on it's own
This is my all time favorite Chocolate cake. It’s a dense and rich, not light and spongy. Perfect for any Chocoholic. I personally prefer it with Chocolate Ganache. If you notice I have given you two different methods to make it.The first method will give you a slightly more lighter cake, andThe second lazy method will give you a slightly less light cake.Both are equally delicious. And I’ve tired both method . Makes one 9” cake layer about 2 inch tall Or two 7” ...
Elf on the Shelf cake topper tutorial
My household is obsessed with The Elf on the Shelf this time of year so I had to turn the little guy into a cake topper. I took some photos along the way! I have several homemade face molds from my daughter’s dolls. I thought this Lemon Meringue one was around the right size and shape. You simply make the face mold by impressing the doll face in gumpaste and allowing it to dry hard. You can then use it as a mold. Here I’ve pressed a flesh tone ball of fondant/gumpast...
Bodice Tutorial
I have had some interest in “how to” on this cake, so here is a tutorial to help along the way. Carved and ganache chocolate cake (apologies I do not have photos of the smoothing process) I then covered it with flesh coloured fondant. Then I covered with blue fondant that I previously had cut a pattern and did the same for the burgundy coloured fondant too. To save time, I used a floral patchwork cutter to indent a pattern so I have an outline to follow fo...
CakesDecor Tutorials Contest 2012 #5: And the Winners Are ...
First I would like to thank all of you who decided to enter our Tutorials Contest by posting a tutorial. There were 60 great tutorials posted, but only one could be the best. —————————————————————————————————————————————R...
Base Ball Cap Cake
This is my husband’s Birthday cake. Yes, he is a big fan of the New York Yankees. As always I took progress pictures for my blog and then decided that it would be best to make a video…So here’s the video. Here’s the cut cake. ThanksVeena’s Art of CakesUnforgettable cakes for memorable occsionsEnglish Website- http://www.veenaartofcakes.com/Hebrew Website – http://www.wix.com/veenaartofcakes/veenaartofcakesFood Blog – http://veenaartofcakes.b...
Flourless Chocolate Cake
This was done for my husband’s birthday this year.. It’s his favorite cake.This is three layers 7” round with lots of Chocolate Ganache. One of the few things that you don’t eat during Passover is flour. But that does not mean you can’t eat a cake? Does it? The first year I came to Israel, I made this flour-less cake for passover and everybody enjoyed it so much that now every year It’s become a family favorite. The recipe is adapted from one ...
Light and Fluffy Vanilla Cake
The recipe is very easy to make and the reason I call it light and fluffy is because the beaten stiff egg whites adds enough air that the cake is so soft, it almost melts in your mouth. Makes Two x 9 inch round cakes each 2 inch tall or One 9×11 inch sheet cake. Ingredients 400 grams / 4 cups – cake flour 325 grams / 1 1/2 cup – fine granulated white sugar 280 grams / 1 1/2 cup – unsalted Butter or 250 grams / 1 1/4 cup veg Shortening 5 l...
