Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network November 2016 | Page 70

To make the globe

Step 1:
Fill and coat 6-inch spherical cake with chocolate ganache. Use spatula to apply and smooth and continue shaping and
smoothing with a scraper to achieve a round sphere.
Tip: *You can use a large upside-down noodle bowl to sit the cake on top of to allow you easy access to ganache the bottom of
the sphere.
* Use a sharp hot knife to remove the sphere when most of the ganache has set and patch up the bottom with more ganache.
Place a square of cling-film over the unset area of ganache and place the cake base down back in the noodle bowl to set. This
will ensure a round bottom.
Allow to set overnight. I put mine in the fridge and allow to sit at room temperature for about an hour before covering. What you
choose to do will depend on the climate you are working in and whether you are working against humidity. Brush your sphere
with Crisco or sugar syrup.

Step 2:

Step 3:

Roll out 640g royal blue
fondant into a large round
approximately 16 inches in
diameter.

Lift and place the round of fondant centrally on the cake.
With your hands gently ease and smooth the fondant onto the cake working from the top and
working your way to the bottom. It is likely the fondant will break away when you get to the base
of the sphere but this can be fixed by using excess fondant to patch up exposed ganache. This
doesn’t have to be neat as it will not be seen.

Step 4:

Step 5:

Step 6:

Step 7:

Just ensure you get the
fondant smooth and the globe
looking as round as possible.
You can continue smoothing
with smoothing tools.

Print out templates of the
continents of the world and
roughly cut out. Unless you
want to be really meticulous
you can leave out the islands.

Roll out 140g green-blue
fondant to about 2 – 3 mm
thickness. Place the
continents on the fondant and
with a sharp scalpel or knife
cut around the shapes.

Brush some Crisco on the
back of each continent piece
and position them on the
globe. (Tip: I googled images
of globes to get a rough idea
of placement, but if you have a
globe in your study that would
be even more helpful).