I baked a rich fruit cake recipe below: 1 round 23 cm cake tin with loose bottom 500g mixed dried fruit 500g sultanas 250g currants 180ml brandy 125g glace cherries 275g plain flour 2tsp ground mixed spice 225gsoft brown sugar 225g soft butter Zest of 1 medium orange Zest of 1 unwaxed lemon 100g ground … Read more
My son for birthday number 12 wanted a plaque with horns for his cake. Like the ones hanging on our wall of which all my sons and husband are big hunters. So I gave it much thought. The cake was no big deal, just 2 9×13 chocolate cakes. Put them in the freezer because they … Read more
This Deer Hunter Cake was made for an avid deer hunter. It is a double layer 8-inch cake covered in camo fondant. The fondant deer head is sculpted by hand and painted with brown, black, pink and tan gel colors.
I started with a large and a medium round pan for this reindeer cake. I carved the deer head out of the large round pan (including the ears)and pieced the antler together by cutting strips from the small cake pan and connecting them with chocolate icing. make sure to keep all of the cutting scraps … Read more
Supplies needed: buttercream icing tinted green and creamy light brown, but leave the majority white. Chocolate buttercream icing, tint some black, leave the rest as is, cake mix of choice, Wilton piping gel, a disposable decorating bag and waxed paper. Bake a round cake and ice white. In Microsoft Word I found a deer picture … Read more
I made a square fruit cake and covered it with marzipan then royal icing – creating the swirls with a flat knife. This is the base of the reindeer cake. Robbie the Reindeer is modeled from fondant icing coloured brown then textured with the end of a cocktail stick. His limbs and antlers are all … Read more