I made this cake for a friends son and followed advice from http://www.rosebakes.com on how to do it. Rose gave great tips and I love her website and cakes!
I really enjoyed making a boys cake after all the Minnie Mouse baking and was very happy with how it turned out.
It’s an 8 inch Madeira cake with jam and butter cream covered in sugarpaste and the birthday boy loved it, so I was a happy lady
The cupcakes were the starting point and the cake was the main event. I really enjoyed doing the bow and putting the cake together. I have to be honest, the ears nearly broke my heart as I struggled to get them to stand up. I got there in the end though! The cake itself was an 8inch madeira cake with chocolate buttercream frosting covered in sugarpaste. It didn’t last long which I was thrilled about!
To celebrate a very special girl turning 2, Minnie Mouse Mania engulfed our house. A cake didn’t seem like enough so we had Minnie Cupcakes to kick off the birthday weekend. They were, as expected a big hit!
I used a basic fairy cake recipe and used large muffin cases. I made the ears and bows a few days in advance (see below) so on the day all I had to do was swirl on some pink buttercream frosting and place the ears and bow on top.
Ears – super easy. I used the wide end of a large icing nozzle and cut out around 30 circles in black sugarpaste. I made a few extra to allow for accidents. I then left them to dry on kitchen towel.
Bow – I used bow cutters to make these. I had a set of jem bow cutters and they are really simple to use. I rolled out pink sugar paste and cut out some bow shapes, I didn’t bother with the ribbon bits at the base of the bow, as Minnie doesn’ have them. I then glued the bow together using clear alcohol, but edible glue would also be great.
For the white dots, I used the tip of a narrow piping nozzle and cut out dots in white fondant and then stuck them randomly on the bows. This worked well but was a bit fiddly to get the dots off the paint brush and onto the bows, next time I think I’ll use some royal icing. I also left these to dry for a few days.
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