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.

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.

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.

Afskedskage / Farewell Cake

Min tidligere kollega's datter skal til USA i et år (sjovt nok for at bo hos datteren til den familie, hendes far boede hos som udvekslingsstudent), og hun ville gerne have en kage til afskedsfesten. Designet var frit, så den endte sådan her:
My former colleague's daugther is going to the States for a year (and will actually be staying with the daughter of the family, that her father stayed with as an exchange student back in the day - how cool is that?), and she wanted a cake for the Farewell party. The design was up to me, so this is what I ended up with:

Kagen bestod at 1 lag chokoladeovertrukken mazarinbund og 2 Lette lagkage-bunde stænket med Amaretto, og fyldt med Jordbærmousse og friske jordbær, smurt op med Chokolade Smørcreme og overtrukket med SatinIce fondant og rød Pettinice fondant.
The cake consisted of 1 layer of chocolate covered marzipan cake and 2 layers of classic sponge, drizzled with Amaretto and filled with Strawberry Mousse and fresh strawberries, covered with Chocolate Buttercream, SatinIce fondant and red Pettinice fondant.

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.