Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network May 2014 | Page 122
Materials & equipment
Round cakes:
. 30cm (10in)
. 20cm (8in)
. 15cm (6in)
. 10cm x 5cm (4in x 2in) deep polystyrene
cake dummy
Round cake
. 20cm (8in) boards:
. 30cm (12in)
. 35cm (14in)
. 20cm (8in) thin round cake card
. 2.5kg (5lb 8oz) almond paste
. 2.7kg (6lb) sugarpaste
. Flower paste
. Modelling paste
. Mexican paste
. Royal icing
. Black powder food colour (HS)
. Fairy dust (SA)
. Cornflour
. Trex
. Piping gel
. Sugar glue
Equipment:
. Four white plastic cake dowels
. White wires 28g, 24g
. Silver 22g wire
. White stemtex
. Scriber (PME)
. Cel pad (CC)
. Non stick rolling board and rolling pin
. Silhouette cutters (SA)
. Triple leaf scroll cutter (SA)
. Round cutters (SA)
. Dresden veining tool
. Dimpled foam sponge
. Piping bags
. Medium paint brush
. Angled tweezers
. Small palette knife
. Clear plastic document wallet
. Paper adding till roll
. Ruler
. Black acrylic cake base (C4)
. Templates page 49
1
Stages
Take a strip of paper or piece of till roll
& measure the circumference of each
cake. Divide the paper into 5 sections
for the bottom, 4 for the middle & 3 for
the top cakes. Secure & mark the
divisions with a scriber.
silhouettes Trace or photocopy
1 Thesilhouette design & place inside the
the
2
clear plastic wallet. Rub a thin coating
of Trex over the plastic. Roll out thinly,
black modelling paste. When cutting
out the design, place the cutter over the
design then use the reverse edge to cut
the paste. This will give the design in the
correct position when placed onto the
cake. Place each cut out onto the plastic
sheet using the templates.
water to
2 Dilute white royal icing withBrush over
a single cream consistency.
3
each of the cut out pieces, working
quickly so that the icing does not dry.
Position on to the side of the cake, gently
pressing over the design. Carefully peel off
the plastic. Continue with the remaining
sections on each tier.
The flowers Roll out white flower paste
3 for the floral design. Roll a thin sausage of
paste onto a white 28g wire. Cut out 24
leaf designs, then place the wire onto the
back & flatten with a palette knife. Mark
on lines with a Dresden tool. Place on
dimpled foam sponge to dry. Repeat with
black flower paste.
âTâ shapes with white 24g wire.
4 Make a3