Friday, 18 March 2011

Chocolate Box Cake

This is the final cake that I have had to make for class. It is a chocolate box cake - the teacher originally had it in mind for mothers day...however me and Karl tucked into it last night!

I had a few problems with my fondant icing this time. I really don't understand it all at...just when I think I'm getting it and the last cake went so well and then out of the blue I suddenly go back to zero skill level and can't even cover a cake!

The cake board was supposed to be covered in fondant but after many failed attempts at that I gave up and decided I quite liked silver. The lid is made from two 6 inch cake drums covered in pink fondant and decorated. The cake is a 6 inch madeira cake covered in pink fondant. To give it the dip in the centre for the chocolates I used a roll of fondant put around the cake before I iced it.

I decided to experiment with this cake and used a different recipe. I think I have said in previous posts I wasn't a huge fan of the recipe I've used in the past, so decided this time I would try another out of one of my cake decorating books. It was a huuuge improvement - it no longer had that eggy taste I didn't like and was much much softer. I will definitely be using this recipe in the future.


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11 comments:

  1. Unknown18 March 2011 at 17:07

    I love your cake! The chocolate box idea is fab and yours is so pretty. x

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  2. Chele18 March 2011 at 18:34

    I love it! The piping is amazing, so well done you would think you had years of training.

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  3. Cats_cupcakes18 March 2011 at 18:50

    Ah thank you..your comments are lovely to read. The only piping I did on the cake were the little dots..the rest was done using sugar paste..took me awhile! I've never piped royal icing before but didn't find it too difficult so will definitely be trying it again :)

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  4. Sophie in the Sticks18 March 2011 at 21:16

    Cat, I don't need to tell you how perfect this cake looks! Adore the pink and white colour scheme.
    http://cgdn.blogspot.com/

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  5. Le Stitch18 March 2011 at 21:55

    This is no longer baking... this is art!!!!! Simply amazing. Thanks

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  6. oomph.21 March 2011 at 09:24

    holy, wow! this looks amazing! nice job!!

    rockoomph.blogspot.com

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  7. Cats_cupcakes21 March 2011 at 16:39

    Ahh again thank you everyone - your comments are so lovely :)

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  8. Sophie in the Sticks23 March 2011 at 21:28

    hey Cat, I just tagged you for a Kreativ Blogger award :)
    http://cgdn.blogspot.com/

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  9. Annika24 March 2011 at 15:24

    W.O.W!!!

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  10. Kate@whatkatebaked4 April 2011 at 16:28

    Oh. My. Goodness. That looks amazing! And you don't do this for a living??

    http://katescakesandbakes.blogspot.com/

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  11. Cats_cupcakes18 April 2011 at 12:13

    Unfortunately not...I would love to do it for a living..that would be fantastic but Im still practicing for now!

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