STAND MIXER CAKE How To Cook That Ann Reardon 3d cake

cake flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

All-purpose flour is more accessible and cost-effective.

fondant

🥗Healthier: marzipan

💰Cheaper: buttercream

Buttercream is easier to work with and less expensive.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil provides a dairy-free option.

edible decorations

🥗Healthier: fresh fruit

💰Cheaper: homemade decorations

Fresh fruit adds natural sweetness and color.

Melt margarine and white chocolate in the microwave.

Turn mixer on low and add brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla.

Mix in milk, flour, and baking powder.

Pour batter into an 18cm round cake tin and a heatproof bowl (15.5cm at the top).

Make 1 batch of chocolate buttercream and mix it with chocolate ganache for frosting.

Use white chocolate ganache frosting for the mudcake.

Cut around the base shape on one of the tray cakes after they have cooled.

Put frosting on the cake board and add the first layer of cake.

Cut two top mixer shapes from the same tray cake and set aside.

Cut remaining pieces of cake from the second tray using the template, keeping off cuts for later.

Spread frosting over the base to cover it, then add the next layer of cake, more frosting, and then the third layer.

Cover that in frosting, then add the fourth and fifth layers.

Push a cake pop stick down to the base and mark the height at the top of the cake.

Cut three cake pop sticks to the marked height and push them down into the cake.

Place a cake board over the top to support the cake.

Add two dowels down through the cake board to the base and cut them to the height shown on the template.

Continue stacking the remaining layers of cake up to the top of the dowel.

Place the template in front and carve the cake to the right shape of the mixer.

Round off the corners to avoid a box-like appearance.

Cover the shaped cake in buttercream and smooth it out with a piece of acetate.

Place the cake in the fridge to set.

Cut the caramel mud cake in half and add simple syrup and white chocolate ganache.

Add a central dowel down the middle and four cake pop sticks, then place a cake board over the top.

Add a little frosting and then the round cake on top.

Cover that in frosting.

Cut a cake board to the size of the top of the cake and add frosting, then the first layer of cake, simple syrup, and more frosting.

Use scraps of cake to make up the middle layer and add simple syrup and more frosting before adding the top layer of cake.

Carve down the cake to make it the right shape for the mixer and cover it in buttercream.

Melt marshmallows in the microwave and mix in rice bubbles to create a base for the top part of the mixer.

Scoop the mixture into a greased rounded bowl and pack it down with wet hands, then place in the fridge to firm up.

Cover the firmed bowl with frosting and smooth it out.

Flip the bowl upside down and place it over a bowl to avoid bumping the dowel.

Cover the base part with buttercream and drape black fondant over the top, smoothing it down on the sides.

Trim off excess fondant around the base and fold over the extra bit to create a lip or border.

Dust the bowl with edible silver luster dust using a dry paintbrush.

Cover the base in the color of your mixer using fondant, smoothing it out as best as possible.

Cut a thick circle of black fondant for the dial and a thin circle for the button on top of the mixer.

Cut a strip of fondant for the handle and trim it to angle where it will join on the mixer.

Add a cake pop stick or pieces of spaghetti into the handle for support.

Brush all details with silver luster dust and leave them aside.

Cut a thin strip for the indicator band and round out the corners.

Cut a rectangle for the digital display and round off two corners, adding blue dots for controls.

Use reusable food-grade molding gel to create an indented logo.

Assemble the cake by placing the bowl onto the base and pushing the dowel through to the bottom.

Add the marshmallow rice bubble shape to the top of the dowel and then the top of the cake.

Add more rice bubbles if needed to keep the head of the mixer off the bowl while decorating.

Add blue fondant over the top and trim the excess.

Tuck the extra fondant underneath the cake board with water to make it stick.

Cut a strip of black fondant, dust it with silver luster dust, and wrap it around the mixer, ensuring it is straight.

Add the handle into place and ensure it has support from the cake pop stick or spaghetti.

Push the mold onto the side of the mixer to create details.

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