Endnu en dåbskage / Yet another Christening Cake.

Karina ville gerne overraske sin veninde med en dåbskage. Fyldet skulle være som i hendes kage, men pynten var op til mig, bare den var lyserød.
Karina wanted to surprise her friend with a Christening Cake. She wanted the same fillings that were in the cake I made for her recently, but the decorations were up to me, as long as they were pink.

Kagen indeholdt Lette Lagkagebunde med Hindbær Mousse og Chokolade Ganache. Den er smurt op med Chokolade Smørcreme og overtrukket med Wilton's fondant med hindbær aroma.
The cake was made with classic sponge layers, filled with Raspberry Mousse and Chocolate Ganache, coated with Chocolate Buttercream and covered with raspberry flavoured Wilton's fondant.


Varme og fugt gør det altid svært at lave fondant kager, men jeg endte med at blive tilfreds med resulatet.
Heat and humidity always make it challenging to make fondant covered cakes, but I ended up happy enough with the result.

Pynt på 5 minutter / Decorate in 5 minutes

Jeg har været ved at lege med en ny opskrift, men da jeg egentlig havde travlt med at pynte en anden kage, så blev der kun 5 minutter til denne her. Tænkte på min søster mens jeg lavede den, da hun for nyligt spurgte om jeg ikke laver nogen kager med spiselig pynt! Haha, vi kan egentlig ikke li' fondant her i huset (små ekstreme slikmunde undtaget), og det er jo egentlig synd med al den tid man bruger på at dekorere. Indtil videre er det dog ikke rigtig lykkes mig at finde velsmagende alternativer til fondanten, som også er nem at arbejde med.
I have been playing with a new recipe, but I was actually busy decorating another cake, so this one only got 5 minutes. I was thinking of my sister while I made it, since she recently asked if I didn't make any cakes with edible decorations! Lol, we actually don't like fondant in the family (except the young extreme sugarlovers ), and that is sort of sad, considering the time spent decorating.So far I haven't been able to find a tasty substitute for the fondant, which is just as easy to work with.

Kagen var lavet af en mazarinbund og 2 Lette lagkagebunde, fyldt med Pina Colada Creme og Jordbærmousse, og smurt op og pyntet med jordbær IMBC.
The cake was made of a marzipan cake layer and 2 classis sponge layers, filled with Pina Colada Creme and Strawberry Mousse, and crumbcoated and decorated with strawberry flavoured IMBC.

Mazarinbunden var lækker, men jeg vil alligevel lege lidt mere med opskriften, inden jeg lægger den ud.
The marzipan cake was tasty, but I still want to play around with the recipe some more before I post it.

Kurv med garn og strik/Knitting Basket Cake

En af vores venner ville gerne overraske konen med en kage (gæt alderen - der er måske hint på kagen), og gav mig helt frie hænder både med indhold og udseende, og da hun er dygtig til at strikke valgte jeg at lave denne:
One of our friends wanted to surprise his wife with a cake for her birthday (age can be guessed if you find the hint on the cake), and let me choose both design and flavours. Since she is good at knitting, this is what I ended up with:

Kagen var en Sort Midnats Kage med Jordbær Mousse og Chocorange Creme, smurt op med lys Chokolade Smørcreme og overtrukket med 1:1 Modellerings chokolade/Satin Ice fondant. Garnnøglerne består af romkugledej overtrukket med fondant smagt til m hhv lemon, lime, hindbær, kirsebær og pebermynte.
The cake was Black Midnight Cake with Strawberry Mousse and Chocolate-orange Creme, coated with Milk Chocolate Buttercream and covered in a mix of Modeling Chocolate and SatinIce fondant. The yarn consists of truffles covered in fondant with lemon, lime, raspberry, cherry and peppermint flavoring.

Egentlig planlagde jeg designet i troen på at jeg havde en kurvemønster præger, men da jeg åbenbart aldrig har købt en, og først opdagede det for sent til at bestille en, så besluttede jeg mig for at flette en kurv af modelleringschokolade. Jeg gik bevidst efter et lidt rustikt udtryk, og ville ikke bruge sugargun'en for at undgå at kagen kom til at ligne en spaghettikage, og i starten var det faktisk lidt svært at rulle ujævne pølser, når man er vant til at skulle forsøge at lave alt så jævnt og glat som muligt, men det gik heldigvis hurtigere end jeg havde frygtet, da jeg først kom i gang. Godt det samme, for det tog godt nok lang tid at trykke fondanten ud til garnnøglerne - til gengæld er jeg blevet rigtig gode venner med min sugargun, og det kunne jo ligeså godt have endt med et hadfyldt forhold efter alt det garn.

Originally I planned the cake, thinking I had a basketweave embosser. Turns out I never actually bought one, and found out to late to order one, so I decided to weave a basket using modelling chocolate. I chose a somewhat rustic look for the basket on purpose, to avoid the cake ending up looking like a string cake, which is what I was affraid would happen, if I used the sugargun. It was really weird in the beginning to roll out thin sausages uneven on purpose, when I'm used to trying my best to get a smooth and even look when rolling, but once I got the hang of it, it was a lot faster than expected. Good thing really, since the yarn took forever to make - but, I ended up making friends with my sugargun, which was nice , as it just as well could have ended up in a seriously hateful relationship.

Ellers, så gik der ikke andet galt, end at jeg var oppe med et sygt barn hele natten i nat, og at hun så også blev hjemme fra børnehaven og var "lidt" i vejen, da jeg overtræt skulle pynte det sidste. Men hun lavede nu ikke andre ulykker end at knække et lille stykke af en strikkepind, men så afkortede jeg bare den anden pind til samme længde, så ikke jordens undergang - denne gang :)
Otherwise, nothing went majorly wrong with this cake. I was just a little too pressed for time at the end, after staying up with my 3 year old who was sick all night, and who also stayed home today and was just a "little" bit in the way, while making the final decorations. She only broke a small piece of a knitting pin, but this time it could be fixed by shortening the other pin to match and attach ends.