viernes, 15 de noviembre de 2013

TUTORIAL FOTOGRAFICO - ELEGANTE CAKE CUBIERTO DE FONDANT


Take two cakes, torte with ganache. For this cake I used 2x 9inch and 1x 7 inch round chocolate mud cakes
Insert 4 support dowels
Ganache one of the 9 inch cakes on a 9 inch board.

Place the second 9 inch cake onto an 8 inch board, ganahce and stack on top of bottom 9 inch cake

Ganache the two cakes as one

Ganache the 7 inch round cake. Hot knife and ice the 7 inch round cake as you usually would

This is where it gets fun.. My tip would be to work as quickly as possible (don't stop to take photos of each step as I did!) to get your fondant as smooth as possible before it starts to dry

Measure the circumference and height of the bottom tier. Roll your fondant to just bigger than your measurements

Cut a straight edge to your fondant lenghtwise (this will go on the bottom edge of the cake. Roll around a rolling pin, with the straight edge at the end of the rolling pin

Wrap around the cake with the straight edge against the bottom of the cake

Wrap around the cake


Wrap around the cake


Fold top of the fondant down onto the top of your cake, taking care to press out any air so you don't get pockets of air trapped under your fondant


This photo shows how to cut off the excess so that you have a seamless (as seamless as you can get) join.


Just the heat from your hands to smooth and buff out the join. Smooth fondant as you usually would

Two iced cakes ready for assembly

I rarely use central dowels (unless the cake needs to travel long distances or is more than 2-3 tiers). I have never had a problem with cakes moving etc I believe this is because I secure them well with icing. Or perhaps I just like to live on the edge... Insert 4 wooden dowels. To secure my cakes I wet a small amount of fondant under a running tap. Get the fondant nice and 'smooshy' and then spread it on top of the cake, making sure it is only where the top cake will cover. I use fondant as it is super sticky when wet and when dries holds the cakes together well. Alternatively you can use a dab of royal icing to secure cakes together


Put 7inch cake on top



Use smoother to press top cake down, securing the two cakes together

Add decorations!


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