Week 3

Areas covered:-

 

1. Novelty cakes

2. Basketweave rolling pin

 

This week involved making novelty cakes.  We had to bake a cake or cakes at home which we would then carve (gulp) into our chosen shape. Then we would use the basketweave rolling pin to design the top. We also had to make some fabric effect roses which we had practised last week.

I chose a pillow cake design. I started by cutting the top of the cake to make it level then carving the sides using a template. Finally I used the knife to carve of small amounts of the edges to soften them.



I split, filled the cake with buttercream and crumb coated the outside the make the icing stick.

I then rolled out the icing for the bottom using a template and practised with the basketweave. Once the bottom was stuck and dry I repeated to add the top. Using a template meant the edges matched well.

I then smoothed out the corners and used the twisted rope technique to cover the joins.

Once dry I placed it on a prepared board and put flowers on the cake and the sides. I used leaves to cover the joins in the corners.

Next week we will be looking at the frill cutters.