I was happy when I got an order for this Christening cake a few weeks ago, because I'd been longing for a new area of cake decorating. About a month ago I tried to make a simple baby's shoe out of sugar fondant, and I used that idea also in this cake. I also wanted to try something new, and therefore this little pink dummy found its way on top of the cake.
I was given a free hand with the model of this cake, as long as the colour theme was white and pink. I first did a sketch on paper (also because I wanted something to do as the actual baking was still a couple of weeks away) and got it approved before starting the cake.
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| Flowers were made in advance, left to dry in the desired shape and then dusted with petal dust |
The flavours were supposed to be banana and strawberry, but the use of quark was forbidden. That's why I ended up spicing up a strawberry cream mix with white chocolate (recipe below). The name on top of the cake I piped with white chocolate dyed with petal dust.
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| The original design with the words "Baby Girl" as the name |
Strawberry and white chocolate filling: (to fill two layers of a ø26cm cake)
300 g strawberry puré
approx. 0,2 dl sugar(white chocolate adds more sweetening)
4 dl whipping cream
150 g white chocolate
5 leaves of gelatin
2 tbs boiling water
Place gelatin leaves into a bowl of cold water and leave to soak for 5-10 minutes.
Melt the white chocolate carefully over a double boiler or in the microwave (Note! About 2/3 of melted chocolate is enough to melt the rest without needing to heat the mixture).
Whip the cream (you can add a teaspoon of vanilla sugar if you like).
Mix together the strawberry puré and the melted white chocolate in a separate bowl.
Squeeze the gelating leaves free from excess water and melt them with a couple of tablespoons of boiling water. Add the gelatin to the strawberry-white chocolate mix.
Add the whipped cream into the strawberry-white chocolate mix and carefully mix into an even mixture.
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