Well i'll share briefly how to make the cake =D But u'll have to email me for recipes if u want.
First, i prepared two orange cakes (my mom's favorite recipe). I made two because i want to stack them up so that they become one tall cake. And tall cakes are easier to decorate and look nicer =)
Then, i coat the cake with a layer of apricot glaze, to seal the cake and to minimize loose crumbs.
After that, make a marzipan =D Roll it out, cover the cake, and make sure it looks neat and nice. Cut off the excess. And it becomes like this.
My cake covered with marzipan. Marzipan is to seal in the moisture of the cake, so that it doesnt destroy ur fondant icing! U dont want ur fondant to be wet >.< It's totally annoying. Also, it helps to make sure the fondant shows the color that u want it to show. Coz the color of the cake can affect how the color of the fondant looks like. So the marzipan sort of neutralizes the color. Next, roll out a fondant (which is also called sugar paste, you can make your own, or just buy from bakery supplies shops. They have those ready to roll sugar icing, which is much more convenient) =D Cover the cake, neaten the edges and u're already half way there. I'm sorry i was too indulged in the process and forgot to take pictures!
Well anyway, after you cover your cake with fondant, you can decorate it however you want with sugar paste, gum paste (flowers etc). There're plenty of good websites and books out there. You can try googling for nice cake decorating ideas.
I decorated mine with small cut patterns of flowers, leaves, butterfly and birds =) And also a ribbon tied around the cake to make it look more elegant. Well, the idea of this cake was supposed to be a Hat for a lady =D (My mom Haha. Btw she turns 50! And she looks 35 dont u think? Except the white hair :p)
Here's how my cake turned out to be. Or rather, my mom's cake =D
We then brought the cake over to my grandparents' place, which was 2 blocks away. And had a good celebration =D
The kids were thrilled to see the cake, and couldnt stop playing with the cake stand, spinning the cake round and round =D And the adults loved the cake, it wasnt too sweet, coz i didnt want to apply too thick the layers of icing. And i reduced the sugar in the orange cake. Always remember to reduce sugar in your cake if u want to apply icing, if u're health conscious, that is =D
Here's a vid when my mom cut the cake =D
That's all for this post!
If you have any enquiries, (recipes, methods, ideas, etc) feel free to email me!
mc2_90@hotmail.com
Cheers
Bobby
