Christmas pop cakes

I was invited to a Christmas party at the place I volunteer. Everyone was to bring something little so made some Pop cakes. 

Prepare sponge cake - I made chocolate one.

As you are waiting for the cake to be cooked make up some icing and allow it to chill. 

Once cooled down crumble the cake down and mix it with the icing and some forest fruit from compote.

Chill the mixture for twenty minutes. Then make small balls out of the mixture. Stick the pop stick in it and dip it in the melted chocolate. As the pop cakes are cold the chocolate will harden very quickly - so if you want to decorate with sprinkles you must do it then.

I used several different ones from this website http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181177895207?ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Allow to chill until chocolate hardened. Then use some cellophane and ribbon .  

Stack them neatly next to each other so they look irresistible and hard to choose one. 

Silver Pop cakes.

I love by products !

Such as these pop cakes !

As I was levelling my large cakes  - it created these of cuts. I mixed these with blackcurrant jam and  some icing and made balls of it.

I put them it the freezer for several minutes then poke them on halved skewers - i prefer skewers to pop cakes sticks - they look good and are cheap

 

Dip pops into the melted chocolate and sprinkle them with whatever you have by hand then spray with silver spray

Halloween cup cakes !

Cup cakes with chocolate hats look nice for Halloween !

prepare chocolate mix for cup cakes, bake your cup cakes

chill your cup cakes

make up chocolate and orange frosting

use split piping bag and flower tip to pipe on the cakes

sprinkles I found on http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/mogabinka/m.html?item=181175672250&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562 web site

poke little marshmallows on cocktail sticks and dip them into chocolate - place them on the grease proof paper and as the chocolate slides of the marshmallow it makes this hat effect - then chill

when harden remove the hat from its cocktail stick and place it on the top of the cup cake

Peppa Pig 3

Peppa Pig seems to be very popular amongst the kids - there is my third one!

bake two sponges coloured pink

prepare small fondant pieces whilst waiting for sponges to cool - i prepared flowers, buttons, peppa pig and allow it to dry.

fill your cake with jam and buttercream

cover the cake and chill

colour fondant icing and cover chilled cake

apply small fondant pieces by your design

Stick pieces with leftover icing don't forget the bottom edge

add happy birthday letters

XBOX360 cake

Mu friend asked for Xbox cake - well this is how it ended up -but it was really fun.

The requested cake was to be chocolate heaven so I baked chocolate sponges and filled them with chocolate icing.

The cake had been shaped according to Xbox unusual shape- 3D.  Then covered with icing and chilled.

Colour fondant black and cover the cake.

Use thin stripes of fondant to make details of the cake - vents on top and side . front panel details. 

Back of the cake treat with details too. Make white fondant panel - poke holes in it so it looks like another vent. I played about a bit as the cake itself was very simple looking. I made bar code as well. And scart lead opening as well as opening for the ethernet cable etc.

Using icing stick all the loose fondant pieces on.

Pipe details on - i piped Xbox 360 on as well made in china at the back.

Use white and green fondant to use with letter cutter for happy birthday.

I also sprayed the cake with silver spray to give it more shine.

I used the green fondant on the bottom border to put some colour on the cake.

Izzy - Neverland pirate

This time I was approached for a girl pirate cake. I thought this to be good idea.

Bake two sponges - I made simple vanilla ones as the birthday girl was little picky . 

Allow cake to cool and prepare the decoration. Start with the research - look up some pictures. Colour your icing - fondant. Fill sponges with jam and vanilla icing. Cover the cake with icing too and chill in the fridge until ready to cover it with fondant.

Make individual pieces from fondant and start to make a picture .

Compare the sizes so the figure is not out of proportions.

Pay attention to details - hair , eyes...

I made starfish  out of fondant too - once you start to cut the cake it is nice to have a piece with something on it.

Allow the decoration to dry and cover the cake with fondant - I chose blue as the sea.

Place your decoration on the cake. I made a chest and some silver and gold coins too to write happy birthday on it.

 Make icing with different colours and pipe the details on - eyebrows, lines on eyes, chest and coins.