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Jason the dog
by Julie G
(Auckland, New Zealand)
Jason the dog
This was for my son's first birthday. Deciding I'd be a proper mother who made fancy birthday cakes I was lucky enough to practice two days previous with both my nephew's then niece’s birthday cakes. By the third late and hot summers night I was quickly learning a few tricks, like freeze the cake first to help cut the shape and set the icing (or else it melts as soon as it is piped out) to help attempt a more adventurous cake.
I used Jason the dog as a model, shaping and stacking homemade madeira cakes to look like a dog. I had to use a few toothpicks along the way to hold up his head and keep the ears on. After coating the cake with a apricot glance I set about piping butter icing in different colours for the shaggy fur. The eyes and nose were made out of sugar paste icing.
I think he liked the cake, everyone was really impressed by it. It was however a little dry to eat, but by the that evening the glaze had soaked into the cake and it was lovely and moist. I think I ate most of the leftovers by myself. OPS! What I have learnt since learnt it is easier time wise to buy the cake then ice it rather than doing it all by scratch.
This was for my son's first birthday. Deciding I'd be a proper mother who made fancy birthday cakes I was lucky enough to practice two days previous with both my nephew's then niece’s birthday cakes respectively . By the third late and hot summers night I was quickly learning a few tricks, like freeze the cake first to help cut the shape and set the icing (or else it melts as soon as it is piped out) to help attempt a more adventurous cake.
I used Jason the dog as a model, shaping and stacking homemade Madeira cakes to look like a dog. I had to use a few toothpicks along the way to hold up his head and keep the ears on. After coating the cake with a apricot glance I set about piping butter icing in different colours for the shaggy fur. The eyes and nose were made out of sugar paste icing.
I think he liked the cake, everyone was really impressed by it. It was however a little dry to eat, but by the that evening the glaze had soaked into the cake and it was lovely and moist. I think I ate most of the leftovers by myself. OPS! What I have learnt since learnt it is easier time wise to buy the cake then ice it rather than doing it all by scratch.
