If you're going to make any 3-D it's best to make a sketch of it first and work out how many cakes and what shapes you need to make for the cat I used a one pound pudding bowl and a large long tin. The other thing to be aware of is that you need a cake mix with a fairly dense, using a simple sponge mix will make it difficult to model. I used maderia cakes. Before making the cakes you need to work out how many and what shape cake tins you need to use, for my cat I sketched it first (see my previous post) and then I worked out I needed one long tin for the body and back legs and a 1lb puddling basin for the head.
my recipe (enough for a 15cm cake tin), I used double the quantity :
- 180g Butter
- 180g Sugar
- Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
- 3 eggs
- 220g plain flour
- 2 teaspoons of baking powder
- A pinch of salt
- A pinch of cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- a little milk
Turn the oven on to 160 degrees, prepare the tins, an easy way to line a tin is to screw up piece of baking paper and then straighten it out again and then pop it in the tin.
Cream the butter and sugar so that the mixture is light and smooth in texture, then add the grated lemon zest.
Beat the eggs and add them little bit at the time making sure the mixture re,ains smooth.
Now stir the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon, adding milk as the mixture becomes too stiff.
Finally add the lemon juice.
Turn the mixture into the tin make a hollow in the mixture so that when done the top will be flat.
Put in the middle of the oven for 1.5 hours. To test if done press a knife into the cake, if it comes out clean it's done.
Now the fun begins, once the cakes have cooled down you can start carefully shaping the cake. First, I cut a slice off the end of the long tin to make the legs out of. Slowly and carefully sculpt your cat making sure the pieces fit together properly.
Cream the butter and sugar so that the mixture is light and smooth in texture, then add the grated lemon zest.
Beat the eggs and add them little bit at the time making sure the mixture re,ains smooth.
Now stir the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon, adding milk as the mixture becomes too stiff.
Finally add the lemon juice.
Turn the mixture into the tin make a hollow in the mixture so that when done the top will be flat.
Put in the middle of the oven for 1.5 hours. To test if done press a knife into the cake, if it comes out clean it's done.
Now the fun begins, once the cakes have cooled down you can start carefully shaping the cake. First, I cut a slice off the end of the long tin to make the legs out of. Slowly and carefully sculpt your cat making sure the pieces fit together properly.
Once you are happy with the shape stick it together with either a little bit of icing or jam. To make things a little easier at this stage I cheat, I use ready rolled marzipan and ready made fondant icing. Now, position the cake on your base again using jam or icing and lightly spread apricot jam all over the cake and gently postion the ready rolled marzipan over the cake and press it onto the cat and cut away any that's unwanted. Roll out the icing on greaseproof paper, it won't stick and you can pick it straight up without worrying about it breaking once rolled. Again carefully, place the icing on the cat, don't worry about folds or joins you can sort them out later.
All done? OK, let's sort out those creases and cracks. Get a mug of hoz water and dip a round ended knife or spatular in the water and run it over the creases and joins, kind of spreading i the icing - don't worry the cracks will go and the icing will dry off.
Cut out the ears and stick them on and cut out the eyes using a little green and black icing and use chocolate matchsticks for the whiskers. I had enough cake left over to make a food bowl as well which I covered with and filled with smarties (every cake needs Smarties).
FINISHED.
All done? OK, let's sort out those creases and cracks. Get a mug of hoz water and dip a round ended knife or spatular in the water and run it over the creases and joins, kind of spreading i the icing - don't worry the cracks will go and the icing will dry off.
Cut out the ears and stick them on and cut out the eyes using a little green and black icing and use chocolate matchsticks for the whiskers. I had enough cake left over to make a food bowl as well which I covered with and filled with smarties (every cake needs Smarties).
FINISHED.
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