Mario Kart Cake

 

 

My nephew wanted a Mario Kart Cake for his birthday, and this was my version.  I made lots of different Mario Kart icons out of fondant to put around the bottom tier, including bullet bill, calamar, thundercloud, banana peel, a question block, green shell, mushroom & lots of monster flowers.

 

He loved it!

-N-

How to Make an Easy Spider-man Cake

So, a while back I posted a 3D Spider-man cake, but I forgot to post the easy version that I made last year for Will's birthday.  This one is much simpler to make.

 

First, I searched on the internet for a colouring-in page that had the shape that I wanted, enlarged it so that it became the correct size, and traced the image onto baking paper as my template.

 
 

I baked my usual chocolate mud cake, but instead of using a 9 inch cake pan, I used an 8 inch and 6 inch cake pan (with the same amount of mixture).  Using the baking paper template, I then cut around the two cakes so that they made the right shape, and added a few little bits of cake on the sides (so that he didn't have holes in the side of his head).  Then I stuck the whole thing together with ganache.  This then became the head, which I covered in red fondant. 

 

I used the template again and cut out his eyes from black and white fondant.  Starting with the black layer, roll out the fondant thinly and use a sharp knife or cutting tool to cut out the whole eye from black fondant.  Next, roll out the white fondant thinly and cut out the inner part of the eye.  Using a paintbrush, lightly brush sugar water or cake 'glue' onto the back of the white fondant and position on the black layer.   This then gets stuck onto the cake.

 

Next, pipe on black royal icing for the webbing (again, using the template as a guide).  My friend used licorice on her son's cake for the black webbing, which is a great idea!

 

And voila! Easy spider-man cake done. 

-N-

Hamburger Cake

Hi all - I know, it's been a while.  I have been making cakes, but forgetting to post them!  Anyway, I should be able to catch up in the next week, as I will be at home - our bathroom is being renovated and I get to 'supervise'.   Our oven has also finally died, so our kitchen is being renovated in April (which is more exciting).  Can't wait to get a new kitchen :)

So, here is the first of my catch-up posts.  This is a hamburger cake that I made at a class at The Cake Gallery. It is surprisingly easy to make.  The hamburger is made from 1.5 cakes - one cake split into two to make the 'bun' and another half cake for the 'burger'.  This was my first lesson in air-brushing with food colouring, which is how you get the uneven colour on the bun and chips.  The salad and chips are made from fondant, and the sauce is royal icing.  The sesame seeds on the top of the bun are also made from royal icing - you just pipe them on top and then air-brush (and yes, the food colouring did go everywhere when airbrushing - I think you would have to do it outside).  I'm yet to try getting the same effect with just a paint-brush and food colouring.  Don't you think it would be a great cake for a vegetarian??

 

-N-