Last year I made two Dora Cakes, this year the same very special “clients” requested a Pooh and a Piglet Cake. Improvements from last year included an X-Acto knife and Food Sharpies Food Writers! Look how cute they turned out!
I started by looking for my templates, I looked up coloring pages online that had both Piglet and Pooh in the same image, so I’d have the correct proportions in relation to each other.
After that, as you can see above, I cut them up like a puzzle, dyed the fondant accordingly (bought a little Pooh kit) and with my spiffy brand X-acto knife cut out the puzzle pieces and drew the missing elements with the Food writer.
I then placed them on the cakes. The Piglet cake was white cake with Chocolate Ganache, I wanted to have a “safe” option since it was a kids party and the Pooh Cake was white cake with Ginger Honey Cream filling and “No Cook” Seven Minute Frosting. In the end the more “adventurous” cake had more takers than the safe one, it was pretty good, I have to say!
I’m also in love with those Edible Glitter stars!
It’s Official, I start attending Pastry School on May 17th!
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I enjoyed reading your post and seeing how you did the templates and cutting of your characters. Very interesting and good work! Your cakes look delish!
Thanks! I’m not a great sculptor so I found a way around it!
Oh, and I forgot to say… Good luck in pastry school!!!
Gosh! I’d seem them, but had no clue of all the work that was behind. Now I can understand why it took you so long to finish!
As the ‘clients’ that requested these cakes, we’d like to say THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! We loved the cakes and they were soooo yummy! There were even kids (and adults of course) asking for seconds!!
PS – Our mom and dad thank you too!!
Minha neta, estou orgulhosa de vc! Ficou lindo! Bjs Vo