Vores yngste søn fylder 7 år om en måned, men hans gode ven havde fødselsdag for snart en måned siden, og de valgte at holde fødselsdag sammen i Hurlumhej-huset for klassen og et par andre venner i går. Genialt sted at holde fødselsdag, og jeg skulle kun sørge for kagen, mens vennens forældre sørgede for alt andet, så det var da heldig sluppet :) Drengene havde selv valgt, at det skulle være en Playmobil kage:
Our youngest son is turning 7 in a month, but his good friend's birthday was almost a month ago, and they had chosen to do a joint birthday party at a fun venue yesterday. They had also chosen their cake - a Playmobil cake:
Kagen bestod hovedsageligt af Sort Midnat's Kage med Jordbær Mousse og Chokorange Creme. Tårnene var dog lavet af hindbærroulade, og hele molevitten var smurt op med Chokolade Smørcreme og overtrukket med Satin Ice fondant. Al pynten var lavet af fondant, men Playmobilmændene havde spagettistøtter indeni, da figurerne blev lavet få timer før festen, så der var ikke tid til at lade dem tørre.
Most of the cake was a Black Midnight Cake with Strawberry Mousse and Chocolate-Orange Creme. The towers were made from Swiss Rolls with Raspberry filling and the whole thing was coated with Chocolate Buttercream and covered in Satin Ice fondant. All decorations were made using fondant, but the Playmobile men had spagetti-supports as they were made few hours before the party, with no time to dry.
Hvad der gik galt:
Denne liste kan jeg ikke undgå at lave denne gang, da sådan ca alt gik galt med denne kage. Vi kan starte med en maveinfluenza, som gjorde, at jeg ikke kunne lave figurerne på forhånd. Faktisk var jeg oppe hele natten og havde først overtrukket kagerne kl 2-3 om natten, og kunne først der begynde at lave pynt, som faktisk burde have tørret i dagevis. Men problemerne startede før det... Først havde jeg sat kagen på et cakeboard, som ikke var stort nok, da jeg havde glemt alt om at der skulle være plads til tårnene. Så brugte jeg al smørcremen (dobbelt portion) bare på at smøre den store kage op, og selv om manden var lynhurtig til at handle ind til mere, så er det altså virkelig upraktisk at skulle stå og vente på at smøren får stuetemperatur, når man allerede er dagevis bagud... Da kagen var smurt op og overtrukket, skulle den præges hurtigt for at lave mursten, men jeg har åbenbart trykket for hårdt, og da kagen ikke havde støttepinde i endnu, skred kagen af det nederste lag fyld.
Jeg havde hverken tid eller plads til den oprindeligt planlagte pynt, men jeg er ok tilfreds med de ændrede planer (som måtte laves om, hver gang noget gik galt), men kagen var færdig i aller sidste minut, og så var der ikke engang tid til at tage et ordentligt billede *snøft* .Men drengene var tilfredse, og nu syntes jeg hellere at jeg måtte opdatere bloggen med det samme, mens jeg stadigvæk husker, at med alle de problemer jeg rendte ind i, så er jeg bare glad for at jeg havde noget, der bare tilnærmelsesvis lignede en Playmobilkage færdigt til tiden, og så kan jeg godt leve med buler, manglende pynt og dårlige billeder.
What went wrong:
Just about everything, really. Starting with a stomach-flu, that made it un-safe to make any decorations in advance, and the whole cake from start to finish was made in less than 24 hours. And there were problems from beginning to end - first my cakes weren't tall enough to split into my usual 3 layers, so I had to bake extra. Then I placed and iced the main cake on a cakeboard that was too small, as I had forgotten all about room for the towers. I hadn't made enough buttercream to start with, and allthough hubby is a really fast shopper, it is really inconvenient to have to wait for the butter to come to roomtemperature, when you are already days behind. When I had the cake covered, I needed to emboss the brickpattern really fast, but apparently used to much pressure on my still undoweled cake, resulting in the main part of the cake sliding off the bottom layer of filling.
I didn't have time or room on the board for the originally planned decorations, but I am satisfied with the changed plans (which kept changing every time I had a mishap). The cake wasn't finished until the very last minute (literally) and I didn't even have time to get a decent picture *sniffle*.
The boys were happy though and this time I figured I'd better update the blog right away, while still remembering all the problems, and that I am actually happy to have finished something that just remotely resembles a Playmobil cake on time. Bumps, dents, missing decorations and bad pictures is something I can live with today... but not in a month :)
søndag den 30. september 2012
Super Mario Kage / Super Mario Cake
Siden jeg sidste gang lavede kager for Ann-Mari, har hendes yngste søn fået konstateret Cøliaki, så til hans 5 års fødselsdag, var ønsket en glutenfri Super Mario kage:
Since the last time I made cakes for Ann-Mari, her youngest son has been diagnosed with Celiacs disease, so for his 5th birthday he wanted a gluten-free Super Mario cake:
Kagen var lavet af glutenfri lagkagebunde fyldt og smurt op med kakaosmørcreme og overtrukket med glutenfri fondant.
The cake was made with Glutenfree Sponge layers, filled with Cocoa Buttercream and covered with glutenfree fondant.
Opskrift på glutenfri lagkagebunde:
150 g sukker
3 æg
50 g kartoffelmel
60 g rød finax
1 tsk bagepulver
Pisk æg og sukker hvidt og skummende. Bland de tørre ingredienser i. Hæld dejen i en smurt springform (ca 26 cm) og bag ved 160 C i ca 35 minutter. Når kagen er kølet af, kan den deles i 2 bunde, så jeg bagte 2 kager denne gang.
Since the last time I made cakes for Ann-Mari, her youngest son has been diagnosed with Celiacs disease, so for his 5th birthday he wanted a gluten-free Super Mario cake:
Kagen var lavet af glutenfri lagkagebunde fyldt og smurt op med kakaosmørcreme og overtrukket med glutenfri fondant.
The cake was made with Glutenfree Sponge layers, filled with Cocoa Buttercream and covered with glutenfree fondant.
Opskrift på glutenfri lagkagebunde:
150 g sukker
3 æg
50 g kartoffelmel
60 g rød finax
1 tsk bagepulver
Pisk æg og sukker hvidt og skummende. Bland de tørre ingredienser i. Hæld dejen i en smurt springform (ca 26 cm) og bag ved 160 C i ca 35 minutter. Når kagen er kølet af, kan den deles i 2 bunde, så jeg bagte 2 kager denne gang.
Maltesere og Cadbury's fingre/ Maltesers and Cadbury's Chocolate fingers
Da min ældste søn fyldte 13, lavede jeg en hurtig kage på selve dagen, da en fondantkage skulle gemmes til festen som ikke blev holdt på dagen. Men jeg kan jo ikke lade være med at pynte lidt alligevel...
When my son turned 13, I made a quick cake on his birthday and saved the fondant fun for the party, that wasn't held on his actual birthday. But I couldn't help decorating it anyway...
Kagen bestod af 2 lag Mudcake og 1 lag Sort Midnat's Kage med Jordbærmousse og Hvid Chokoladecreme med Dajm og smurt op med Chokolade Smørcreme. Låget er lavet af ren marcipan, mens siderne er pyntet med Cadbury's fingre, og pynten så bare Maltesere og mørk chokolade.
The cake was made of 2 layers of Mudcake and 1 layer of Black Midnight Cake with Strawberry Mousse and White Chocolate Cream with Daim, coated with Chocolate Buttercream and decorated with a marzipan lid, Cadbury's Chocolate Fingers and Malteser's drizzled with dark chocolate.
Hans skulle så også have cupcakes med i skole, og det blev så til disse:
He brought these cupcakes to school:
Sort Midnat's Cupcakes med Ahorn Sirups Frosting, og en enkelt Malteser.
Black Midnight Cupcakes with Maple Syrup Frosting and a single Malteser.
When my son turned 13, I made a quick cake on his birthday and saved the fondant fun for the party, that wasn't held on his actual birthday. But I couldn't help decorating it anyway...
Kagen bestod af 2 lag Mudcake og 1 lag Sort Midnat's Kage med Jordbærmousse og Hvid Chokoladecreme med Dajm og smurt op med Chokolade Smørcreme. Låget er lavet af ren marcipan, mens siderne er pyntet med Cadbury's fingre, og pynten så bare Maltesere og mørk chokolade.
The cake was made of 2 layers of Mudcake and 1 layer of Black Midnight Cake with Strawberry Mousse and White Chocolate Cream with Daim, coated with Chocolate Buttercream and decorated with a marzipan lid, Cadbury's Chocolate Fingers and Malteser's drizzled with dark chocolate.
Hans skulle så også have cupcakes med i skole, og det blev så til disse:
He brought these cupcakes to school:
Sort Midnat's Cupcakes med Ahorn Sirups Frosting, og en enkelt Malteser.
Black Midnight Cupcakes with Maple Syrup Frosting and a single Malteser.
Krystallen / The Crystal
Det er da utroligt, som jeg har tendens til at undgå bloggen, når jeg har lavet en kage, som jeg ikke er tilfreds med. Og det hjælper faktisk ikke, at lade tiden gå, da jeg har større problemer med billedet af en kage, når jeg ikke længere kan huske den indædte kamp for at få den færdig... når det så er sagt, så er her en kage, som jeg lavede til min kusine's mand's fødselsdag. Skal vi ikke bare nøjes med at sige, at det er for ambitiøst at lave en kage, som skal forestille en bygning, hvor bygningen i forvejen synes at trodse samtlige naturlove. Ikke engang CPT/RKT gider at hænge i luften uden støtte. Dog lykkedes det faktisk at lave bygningen i CPT, smøre den op og overtrække den, selv på undersiden (dog er det altså ikke nemt at skære i CPT, når man ikke har en eneste side som er plan, og som den så kan hvile på, mens man skærer), men den gik meget hurtigt fra at være knivskarp, til at falde sammen - skide tyngdelov! Men figuren var sjov at lave :)
Odd, how I tend to avoid my blog after making a cake that I am not happy with. And it actually doesn't help to let time pass by, as I have even bigger issues with the picture, when I no longer remember the fight I put up in order to finish the cake... that being said, this is the cake I made for my cousin's husband's birthday. Lets just say, that it is overly ambitious to attempt to make a cake, resembling a building which is already defying several laws of nature. Not even CPT/RKT will float in the air unsupported (the actual building only rests on 3 spots). I did actually manage to make the building using CPT, coat it with buttercream and cover it with fondant - even underneath it (allthough it really isn't easy to carve CPT, when it doesn't have a single flat/even surface to rest on, while you carve), but it quickly went from having sharp edges, to just sagging - damn gravity! But at least I had fun with the figure :)
Kagen bestod af Mudcake med After Eight Creme, smurt op med Chokolade Smørcreme og overtrukket med Satin Ice fondant. Bygningen er lavet af Cocopops Treats, ellers er resten af pynten fondant.
The cake was made of Mudcake with After Eight Creme, coated with Chocolate Buttercream and covered with Satin Ice Fondant. The building was made using Cocopops Treats, while the rest of the decorations were made with fondant.
Odd, how I tend to avoid my blog after making a cake that I am not happy with. And it actually doesn't help to let time pass by, as I have even bigger issues with the picture, when I no longer remember the fight I put up in order to finish the cake... that being said, this is the cake I made for my cousin's husband's birthday. Lets just say, that it is overly ambitious to attempt to make a cake, resembling a building which is already defying several laws of nature. Not even CPT/RKT will float in the air unsupported (the actual building only rests on 3 spots). I did actually manage to make the building using CPT, coat it with buttercream and cover it with fondant - even underneath it (allthough it really isn't easy to carve CPT, when it doesn't have a single flat/even surface to rest on, while you carve), but it quickly went from having sharp edges, to just sagging - damn gravity! But at least I had fun with the figure :)
Kagen bestod af Mudcake med After Eight Creme, smurt op med Chokolade Smørcreme og overtrukket med Satin Ice fondant. Bygningen er lavet af Cocopops Treats, ellers er resten af pynten fondant.
The cake was made of Mudcake with After Eight Creme, coated with Chocolate Buttercream and covered with Satin Ice Fondant. The building was made using Cocopops Treats, while the rest of the decorations were made with fondant.
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