Step by step making open up cake

Kali ini mau coba tehnik baru dari bukunya Planet Cake untuk bikin kue yang ada bukaan di atas kue.

Step 1 : Cover kue dengan ganache atau buttercream sampai halus.
Step 2 : Giling fondant dan buat lingkaran kira2 diameter yang pas untuk kue . Untuk kue ini aku pakai cutter kira2 diameter 8.8 cm . Buat 2 potongan. Taruh di tengah2 kue. Bagian paling atas di beri syrup atau air sedikit saja. Sorry yang ini nggak ada fotonya, aku lupa ambil fotonya :(

Step 3 : Cover cake dengan fondant dengan cara biasa. Setelah tercover semua, buat potongan seperti di gambar, jadi nanti ada 8 potongan segitiga. Memotongnya jangan sampe ke dalam cake, hanya sampai lapisan ke dua fondant saja.


Step 4 : Angkat pelan2 dengan pisau kecil dan buka bukaan segitiga tadi. Karena tadi bagian atas lingkaran sudah di beri syrup atau air maka fondantnya jadi lengket dan jadi seperti ada 2 lapisan.


Step 5: Ini jadinya setelah dibuka semua. Siap di dekor. Untuk tengah2 aku kasih cachous warna silver. Dan sisi-sisinya di dekor dengan motif polka dot warna coklat.

How to make roses with 5 petals cutters

I made this roses using 5 petals cutter.

First you have to make the cone for the roses base. Make a rose bud with single petal, and then 2 petals.

Roll gumpaste/flowerpaste and cut with 5 petals cutter.

Put the flower paste into sponge and frill the edges with bone tool.
Put little bit flower glue only one side of the petal.




Insert the rose bud with the wire into the 5 petals. With the glue the petals should be easy to stick to the bud. Arrange the petals overlapping.



Hang the rose upside down to until dry. In 10 minutes ( depends with your weather) you can check the petals and arrange again if you want to make open roses. You can put tissue or cotton between the petals to support the petal so it will open.



The Roses ready to use for decorating. You can put glitter or petal dust. In this roses I made the bud slightly darker than the outer petals to make it more realistic.

Gold roses

This roses made with single rose cutter and glued one by one. After it was dried painted with edible gold colour.

Step by step making shoe cake box

Yesterday Shikin emailed me about how to make a shoe box cake with the lid open. And just the perfect time because I have to make a shoe cake for Marsha today. So I took the photos step by step. I hope this will help who wants to make this kind of cake. Sorry about the photos, not enough sun in my living room as Melbourne had a dull day today.

There is a book too which is really good one from Confetti Cakes for Kids by Elisa Strauss. She explains step by step very clearly. Very recommended book :)



This was the cake box after covered with fondant.

This was the lid. Don't forget to put board under to support the lid.

Push the dowel in and mark it with pencil approximately 1 cm above the cake. Take out the dowel then cut to desired length and then push it again into the cake. Cut more higher if you want the lid open higher. You can put 2 dowel as well instead of one dowel. Put on the left and right of cake, so it will support the lid.
Put a dab of royal icing as a glue.

Pipe royal icing at the end of the cake, to secure the lid at the bottom part. Slowly attach the lid onto the cake. The dowel will support the lid ( that's why you need the board under the cake). The first time I made this cake, I only used hard paper. And it wasn' strong enough to support the cake.

Make the "tissue" paper from fondant. Insert into the gap and decorate as you wish and until you can't see through.

This is the final result. The cheaper way to have Jimmy Choo shoe I reckon :)