Game of Thrones Cake

Summer is coming boys and girls. It's that time of year where you have to patiently wait until the new season of Game of Thrones starts. The person who ordered the cake was a big fanatic of the series, so I had to be extra cautious on the details whilst decorating this cake. As far as I remember this was the first time I did a movie/TV show related cake, so I had every reason to be excited. The basics of the cake was really easy to make and didn't take any extra time decorating it. All I had to do was make a white fondant and cover the cake smoothly, by doing that 50% of the work was done. The next step of decorating the cake was a bit tricky to make as the chair "throne" it self had a lot of details on it. Basically, the throne was full of swords, so it had to look really good otherwise, the details would've been overshadowed and the end process would be awful. Once I've managed to put everything in order, it was time for the coloring of the throne, which I have done it with a brush to give that shiny look. In the end all I had to do was pour some red color on the cake in order to look like blood dripping through the throne. This was one odd cake to decorate. After all, It's not everyday when you pour blood on top of the cake! 

INGREDIENTS:

1. 250g softened butter.
2. 100ml strong black coffee.
3. 260g self raising flour.
4. 250g golden caster sugar.
5. ½ tablespoon baking powder.
6. 1 tablespoon vanilla extract.
7. 4 eggs.
8. 100g walnut, roughly chopped.
9. 150ml double cream (for filling)
10. 120g mascarpone, at room temperature (for filling). 

Frozen Cake

Here's something the little girls would go crazy for as I recently found out. This Frozen cake took longer than usual to decorate due to me being surrounded by the girls throughout the whole process of decorating, from scratch. I have to admit though, I also got bit of help from the girls as they were passing me all the necessary tools for the cake to be finished ahead of time! They were really fun to work with!  😃

They were extremely excited to see the final stages of the cake being decorated. So there were lots of screaming and jumping in the kitchen, with a sleepless night they finally made it. No more screaming from the kids, at last! 😃

As you can see the cake turned out to be pretty amazing. The girls loved it. They couldn't take the eyes off the cake and the birthday party was really great, they had lots of fun by playing and singing together throughout the party. I guess, you could say that every cake has it's own fairy tail!

Minnie Mouse Cake

Back at it again! Hi, guys! It is always a great feeling when you decorate a cake from scratch to finish. The joy you get once you've done with your work is really amazing and honestly, quite breathtaking most of the times. And that's mainly because you always put an extra effort into decorating a cake.

Before you start with your work, you always have an idea on how it's going to look like once it's all finished. However, that's not always the case, because, there's always room for improvement and improvisation and I always get caught to it. Whilst decorating, I always add up couple of small details into my cakes, the concept stays the same but the little added details makes all the difference once it's all finished.

The little girl really liked this Minnie Mouse Cake, so I hope you all like it as well! ;)

   

Elegant Birthday Cake Design

Summertime may be long gone, but that won't stop us to enjoy eating a delicious peace of cake in this cold autumn season.

This elegant ribbon cake design is probably one of the easiest ways you can decorate your cake. And it certainly doesn't require any craftsmanship skills in order for you to decorate a similar cake design like this particular one. All you have to do after covering the cake with fondant, is to make another layer of fondant, with any color you would like, on a flat surface. After you've all done those steps, get yourself a cutting tool, (knife, pizza cutter, etc.) and cut the ribbons in any shape or form you would feel like so it would fit your idea of decorating your cake. Finally. grab those ribbons you've just cut, and place it in a way you like on the cake. 

          

Ingredients: chocolate cake

• 400gr butter
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1 cup plain flower
• 1 cup self raising flower
• 1 cup cadbury cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate soda
• 1 cup (250ml) milk
• 2 teaspoons instant coffee powder
• 1/3 cup (100ml) boiling water

Beyonce Cake

Ingredients:

1. 2 1/2 cups of flower
2. 2 cups of white sugar
3. 1 stick of butter (1/2)
4. 2 teaspoons of baking powder
5. 3 large eggs
6. 1 cup of milk (1/2)
7. 2 teaspoon vanilla extracts


Note:

As always, you should start with the usual, preheat the oven to 175C'. Grase the pan with paper. Next up, take a bowl, cream the butter and sugar at the same time, after you've done that make sure you pour the vanilla and stir. In the final stages add flour and baking powder in the bowl and stir until the outcome becomes creamy. Stir the milk until the butter becomes soft. Finally, Pour the bowl into the prepared pan, and bake for up to 40 minutes into the preheated oven.

Barbie Cake

           

Ingredients:

1. 450g of cherries 

2. 450g of pineapple 

3. 450g of pitted dates

4. 450g of chopped pecans

5. 4 to 5 small (between 6-8 ounces) packages of flaked coconut

6. 3 table spoons of all purpose flour

7. 2 cans (between 13-15 ounces) sweetened condensed milk

Note: 

Firstly, it's important to note that not all of the cake was used for decorating the barbie figure, don't let the ingredients and the pictures above confuse your work. 

Secondly, as always, make sure you preheat the oven up to 150'C, lightly grease a pan. Chop all the fruits and nuts in a large mixing bowl, add coconut and make sure you mix it well. Stir in flour, then sweetened condensed milk, again make sure you blend it well.

Finally, bake for 90-120 minutes. While hot run with knife around the cake in order not to stick on the pan, wait for a couple of minutes for the cake to cool down and you'll be all good to eat. Enjoy!

Birthday cake