Cake Decoration

For all those who want to surprise your valentine with a lovely baked cake, here’s quick version of mine to do it.

I have used my basic chocolate cake recipe as the base. Poured chocolate fondant and buttercream icing for decoration.

For poured chocolate fondant:-

Ingredients:

Powdered sugar – 2 cups

Water – 50ml

Cocoa powder – 3 tbsp

Corn syrup – ½ tbsp

Veg oil – 1 tbsp

Almond extract – ¼ tsp

Notes:

Instead of corn syrup you can use either glucose syrup or sugar syrup. Take 2 tbsp of sugar and melt it using as little water as possible to make it a thick syrup.

Instead of almond extract you can use vanilla essence.

Method:

In a bowl mix powdered sugar and water until it forms a thick paste.

Add corn syrup – mix – add cocoa powder – mix – add oil – mix – lastly add almond – mix

At this stage the fondant will be thick. Microwave this for 1min and 35sec. the fondant will be glossy, dark and of pourable consistency.

Now pour this mixture into a piping bag and pour it onto your cake. Make sure you do this procedure while the fondant is still warm coz the mixture will set once it cools down!

For buttercream icing:-

Ingredients: 

Veg shortening/dalda – ½ cup

Butter – ½ cup

Vanilla essence – 1 tsp

Icing sugar – 4 cups

Milk – 2-3 tbsp

Method:

Cream shortening and butter until creamy.

Add vanilla and beat again.

Now add 1 cup sugar at a time until they are incorporated well. It might seem hard to beat as you keep adding sugar hence make sure you add the next cup only after they have combined well!

Once all the sugar has been used up, slowly add milk 1tbsp at a time and beat well. Add more or less milk according to your desired consistency. If you want your icing to be runny you might want to add upto 5tbsp. but if you want it to be thick then 3tbsp would do fine.

Have fun decorating!!