Hello Kitty

Som så mange andre 5-årige, så er Ella vild med Hello Kitty, så hendes mor syntes, at det kunne være sjovt med en Hello Kitty kage til hendes fødselsdag. Moren ringede lige inden de skulle med flyet sydpå, og de skulle bruge kagen lige så snart de kom hjem igen, så jeg fik frie hænder, så længe det var noget med Hello Kitty.

As a typical 5-year old, Ella loves Hello Kitty, so her mother thought it could be fun with a Hello Kitty Cake for her birthday. She called me right before they got on a plane, and they needed the cake as soon as they got back, so there wasn't time to discuss details much, so it was all up to me, as long as it had something to do with Hello Kitty.

Kagen var Drømmekage-bunde med Skildpadde-creme og Jordbærfromage. Smurt op med Chokolade Smørcreme og overtrukket med Wilton's fondant.

The cake was Dreamcake layers with Chocolate-caramel Creme and Strawberry Mousse. The cake was covered in Chocolate Buttercream and Wilton's fondant.

Desværre fik jeg, som så mange andre, lov til at opleve ekstreme luftlommer mellem kage og fondant. Normalt kan man prikke et hul, lukke luften ud og glatte fondanten igen, men da fondanten svedte som jeg ved ikke hvad, var det umuligt at glatte fondanten ud igen, da smootheren bare hang fast i fondanten :/ Så nu laver jeg ikke flere kager, før vejret gider at opføre sig kage-ordentligt!

Unfortunately, I had the doubtful pleasure of experiencing the same problem, that many cake decorators seem to run into these days: Extreme airpockets between the cake and the fondant. Usually, you can use a small needle to make a hole and let the air out as you smooth out the fondant, but in this weather, the fondant was sweating badly, and the smoother was just sticking to and ruining the fondant, so I had to give up. No more cake decorating for me until the weather (cake)behaves!

Fræk Sygeplejerske/Naughty Nurse

Min gamle nabo er lige blevet færdiguddannet sygeplejerske, og jeg lovede at lave en kage til festen. Hun var lidt  betaget af en brystkage, som jeg lavede til min mand sidste år, så vi blev enige om, at kagen gerne måtte være i en fræk sygeplejerske uniform - heldigvis da, for prøv lige at google billeder af sygeplejerske uniformer, og se hvor svært det er at finde én der ikke er et kostume (jaja, jeg startede da i den seriøse ende).

One of my previous neighbours just finished nursing school, and I promised to make a cake for the celebration. She liked the boobie-cake I made for my husband last year, so we agreed that it could be fun to make one in a naughty nurse's uniform - fortunately that was what she wanted, as I had tried googling pictures of a real nurse's uniform (in Danish), but it just resulted in page after page of nurse's costumes.

Kagen var Drømmekage-bunde med Baileys Fromage og Skovbær Mousse (Som Hindbær Mousse bare med skovbær og halvt så meget sukker, mens citron og vanille udelades). Selve brysterne var ren Mudcake. Kagen var smurt op med Chokolade Smørcreme og overtrukket med Wilton's fondant.


The Cake was Dreamcake layers with Baileys Mousse and Mixed Berries Mousse (Just like the Raspberry Mousse, just use half the amount of sugar and leave out the vanilla and lemon). The breasts were just Mudcake. The cake was covered in Chocolate Buttercream and Wilton's fondant.

Jeg havde godt nok lavet MMF til at overtrække med, da det smager bedre, men med den sidste uges dårlige erfaringer med høj luftfugtighed og varme, var jeg glad for at have Wilton's som backup. Især da jeg fik et migræneanfald under opsmøringen, og ikke kunne arbejde optimalt, så jeg besluttede mig for slet ikke at prøve MMF'en. Men selv Wilton's havde det ikke godt med vejret - dog stadigvæk mere medgørlig end MMF'en. Jeg kunne ikke overkomme at lave en kantafslutning, men den var nu heller ikke så slem uden.


I had actually made MMF to cover the cake with, since it tastes better, but with the last week's horrible experiences with all the problems concerning the heat and humidity, I was happy to have Wilton's as backup. Especially since I got a bad migraine in the middle of covering the cake with buttercream, and wasn't really functioning all that well. I actually decided to not even try the MMF, but even the Wilton's was acting up in this weather. It was still more manageable than the MMF, but with the way I was feeling, I gave up on making a nice cover of the edges, but it didn't look too bad anyway.

Warhammer 40k Sisters of Battle Pat Kage/Boobie Cake

En af vores venner var vist lidt bange for at hans kammerats polterabend blev lidt for tamt (det blev holdt sammen med pigerne - og var i øvrigt slet ikke tosset), så han spurgte om jeg ikke kunne lave en Warhammer 40k kage til deres rollespilsaften, eller måske bare en pat kage, for det kunne man jo aldrig gå helt galt i byen med. Jeg nåede kun lige at tænke, at det måske kunne kombineres, da han sendte mig dette billede, af en typisk kvindelig rollespilsfigur fra spillet:

One of our friends was a little bit worried, that his friend's batchelor party would end up a little bit tame (it was held with the girls - and turned out just fine after all), so he asked if I could make a Warhammer 40k cake for their roleplaying evening, or maybe just a boobie cake, since they are always popular. I had barely had the thought, that I might be able to combine those, when he sent me a picture of one of the female characters:

Kagen var Drømmekage-bunde med Baileys Fromage og Skovbær Mousse (Som Hindbær Mousse bare med skovbær og halvt så meget sukker, mens citron og vanille udelades). Selve brysterne var ren Mudcake. Kagen var smurt op med Chokolade Smørcreme og overtrukket med Sort Chokolade MMF, mens der har sneget sig lidt Rød Candymelts MMF ind i pynten.

The Cake was just Dreamcake layers with Baileys Mousse and Mixed Berries Mousse (Just like the Raspberry Mousse, just use half the amount of sugar and leave out the vanilla and lemon). The breasts were just Mudcake. The cake was covered in Chocolate Buttercream and Black Chocolate MMF, and even a little Red Candymelts MMF was added as decoration.

Det var lidt af en udfordring at lave kagen, med det vejr vi har haft. Fugt og varme og fondant er altså ikke nogen skøn blanding. Fondanten sveder, klistrer og næsten smelter mens man arbejder med den. 

Når jeg laver kager, så er der iøvrigt altid et eller andet der driller. Sjovt nok så var problemet denne gang, at min mand (som er så utrolig sød og altid skærer og beklæder cake boards for mig) glemte, at jeg havde sagt, at han skulle huske lige at sikre sig, at cakeboardet kunne komme i køleskabet, da jeg ved, at brystkagerne er en udfordring for mit køleskab. Resultatet var, at jeg stod med en opsmurt kage, som ikke kunne komme i køleskabet! Så måtte manden pænt til forsigtigt at tage kagepapiret af, skære pap fra i begge ender, og så forsigtigt på igen med papiret, og så smører vi lige op igen.... ja, ja - hvad bliver problemet dog næste gang?

It was quite challenging to make the cake with the weather we have been having. Warm and humid doesn't mix very well with fondant! The fondant sweats, gets sticky and almost melts in your hands as you are working with it.

When I make cakes there is also always something, that is causing me trouble. This time it was my husband (who is extremely sweet and always cuts and covers the cakeboards for me) who forgot, that I had told him to make sure the cakeboard would fit in the fridge, as I know from experience, that boobiecakes are a bit challenging for my fridge. So there I was, with a cake covered in buttercream and nope - it doesn't fit in the fridge! So hubby had to carefully unwrap, cut of both ends of the cakeboard, and carefully rewrap, and then I had to fix the smudged buttercream... well, what on earth is going to be the problem next time? Must have tried it all by now :P

Fodbold Landsholdstrøje/Football (soccer) national team shirt

Jeg har haft så travlt med at lave kager, at jeg ikke har haft tid til at opdatere bloggen - noget af et luksusproblem :)

I have been so busy making cakes, that I haven't had time to update the blog - quite a luxury problem :)

Her er så trøjen jeg lavede til Jon's 18-års fødselsdag sidste weekend:

This is the shirt I made for Jon's 18th birthday last weekend:

Kagen var så stor, at den ikke kunne komme i køleskabet, så det var kun en Banankage uden nødder lagt sammen og smurt op med Chokoladesmørcreme og overtrukket med Rød Candymelts Fondant smagt til med hindbæraroma.

The cake was so big, that it didn't fit in the fridge, so it was just a banana cake (without the nuts) filled and covered with Chocolate Buttercream and decorated with Red Candymelts Fondant that had a bit of raspberry flavoring added to it.


Opskrift på Rød Candymelts Fondant/Red Candymelts Fondant recipe:
285 g marshmallows/10 oz marshmallows
1 spsk vand/1 tbsp water
ca. 750 g sigtet flormelis/ approx 1 1/2 pound sifted powdered sugar
115 g smeltet røde Candymelts/ 4 oz melted red candymelts
Rød pasta farve (jeg brugte ca halv bøtte Wilton Red-no taste)/ Red food paste colouring (I used half an ounce of Wilton's Red no-taste)
Palmin/Shortening


Smør en stor skål til mikroovnen godt med palmin. Fyld med marshmallows, hæld vand over og smelt dem i mikrovnen ved at give dem 30 sek ad gangen og rør godt i mellem. Når de er smeltet tilsættes smeltet candymelts og rød pasta farve. Der skal meget farve til, men farven bliver dybere i løbet af de næste par dage, så fortvivl ikke, hvis du ikke kan få den helt rød. Tilsæt 500 g sigtet flormelis og rør godt rundt. Smør bordpladen godt med palmin og  drys med mere sigtet flormelis. Hæld marshmallowmassen ud på bordet og ælt godt og tilsæt flormelis indtil den har den rigtige konsistens (som modellérvoks). Saml fondanten i en kugle, smør den godt ind i palmin, vikl film 2 gange omkring og opbevar i en lukket frysepose i en lufttæt beholder. Næste dag, kan der evt æltes mere farve i hvis du synes.

Grease a big microwavesafe bowl really well with shortening. Put marshmallows in, drizzle with water and melt in microwave 30 sec at a time and stir well between. When melted, add the melted candy melts and the food colouring. It takes a lot of colouring, but the colour does deepen within the next couple of days, so don't worry if you can't get it a deep red. Add about a pound of the sifted sugar and stir well. Grease your countertop well with shortening, sift more powdered sugar on top and pour the marshmallow fondant on top and start kneeding. Add sifted powdered sugar until it reaches the consistency of playdough. Grease the fondant well with shortening, cover it in 2 layers of saran wrap, put it in a closed zip loc bag and store in an airtight container. The next day, you can kneed in more colouring if needed.