Fondant cake - follow the fashion and create unique cakes
Overview
Fondant cakes use fondant to make various shapes, and their ornamental value is far greater than their edible value. In this way, for baking enthusiasts, they can not only enjoy the fun of baking, but also not want to eat the cake, and reduce the calorie intake! Today, as fondant cakes become increasingly popular, many friends are already interested in fondant. Today Tomato will introduce the making process of a fondant cake in detail.
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Ingredients
Steps
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Unmold the fruit pound cake onto a turntable and cut off the protruding part with a bread knife
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Cut the surface flat, turn the cake over and apply a layer of transparent fruit paste on the surface
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Fondant paste made in Germany, use a toothpick to dip some coloring
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Use your hands to stretch and knead the pigment evenly
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After kneading, flatten the fondant paste and use a rolling pin to roll it into a thin sheet about 3mm thick
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Then hold it up with both hands and spread it evenly on the cake, then use your hands to stretch the surrounding fondant downwards and smooth the entire side
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Then, with your palms facing inward, press and smooth the surrounding fondant skin
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Use a fondant trowel to smooth the surroundings and surface of the cake, and then use a fondant tool to cut off the excess fondant skin
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Use the previous method to make domestic fondant paste into light yellow fondant. Take a small piece, put it into a bowl, add a little water, heat it over water until the fondant melts, and use it to make adhesive
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Roll out the remaining light yellow fondant paste into thin sheets and cut it into long strips of the same width with a knife
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Brush a cross-like sugar mark on the surface of the cake
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Attach two strips of fondant to the top of the cake
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Then cut a long strip of the same width, fold the two ends to the center point, and connect them with adhesive
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Take another short strip of the same width, wrap the connected parts, and connect the bottom with adhesive
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Finally, pinch the center point with your hands to form a preliminary bow knot
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Finally, use the fondant tool to lift up the semicircular parts on both sides to form a more vivid bow than before
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.Adhere the finished bow to the center of the cake
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Then cut off two shorter fondant strips and glue them to one end of the bow
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Then use a fondant tool to press the sticky part inward to form a streamer
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Then use the fondant tool to make the curvature of the streamer to make it look vivid, and then make another one in sequence
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Use a suitable tool with a round hole shape to press out small round pieces from the remaining dough and stick them to the surrounding and surface of the cake
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Use a decorating knife to transfer the cake to the cake base, and roll the remaining fondant paste into small round peas with your hands
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Finally, stick a circle on the bottom of the cake, and you will have a beautiful fondant cake