Baby cake made from fondant

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 day

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make a Baby cake from mastic? First, prepare the ingredients for the dough. Turn on the oven to 180 degrees in advance. Separate the whites from the yolks. You need to separate very carefully so that not a single drop of yolk gets into the whites, otherwise the whites won’t beat in the future. Place the yolks in a bowl, add 300 grams of sugar and vanilla sugar. Vanilla sugar can be replaced with vanillin. Read how to do this correctly in a separate article at the link after the recipe.

2. STEP 2

   

   Beat the yolks and sugar well with a mixer until the mixture increases in volume and turns white.

3. STEP 3

   

   Place the egg whites in a clean, dry bowl and beat at low or medium speed with a mixer until light and fluffy foam forms. While whisking, add the remaining sugar little by little.

4. STEP 4

   

   After adding all the sugar, continue beating the egg whites until they form stiff peaks (when you tilt (or turn) the bowl, the whites will not spill out). Read about all the nuances of beating egg whites in a separate article at the link at the end of the recipe.

5. STEP 5

   

   Add a third of the whipped whites to the yolks and mix gently with a spatula or spoon from bottom to top.

6. STEP 6

   

   Add the sifted flour to the yolk mixture and mix well but gently. Thanks to sifting, the flour will be saturated with oxygen, and the sponge cake will turn out fluffier and airier.

7. STEP 7

   

   Then add the remaining whipped whites and again, very carefully, using bottom-up movements, as if lifting layer by layer, mix the dough.

8. STEP 8

   

   The dough should be airy and homogeneous.

9. STEP 9

   

   Bake the biscuits (at the same time) in two different sized pans to create a second tier, for 35-40 minutes. The exact time depends on your oven. You can learn about the operating features of ovens by reading a separate article, the link is at the end of the recipe. Do not open the oven door for the first 20 minutes, otherwise the biscuits may fall off. Read about all the nuances of working with biscuit dough in the article at the link at the end of the recipe.

10. STEP 10

    

    Cool the finished biscuits completely. Cut each sponge cake into three layers and soak in syrup. Leave one cake for the “crib”. Make buttercream for the mastic. To do this, beat soft butter with condensed milk with a mixer.

11. STEP 11

    

    Start assembling the cake by spreading buttercream over the cake layers.

12. STEP 12

    

    Grease the sides and top of the cake, preparing the surface for frosting. Place the cake in the refrigerator to harden.

13. STEP 13

    

    Make a crib from the remaining cake, cutting out a round depression in the middle without reaching the bottom.

14. STEP 14

    

    Mastic can be used either purchased or made independently. You will find recipes for homemade mastic at the end of the recipe. Roll out the white mastic into a layer and carefully cover the cake with it.

15. STEP 15

    

    Also roll out the pink mastic into a layer and cut a ribbon from it. This will be a ruffle.

16. STEP 16

    

    Roll a wooden stick along the edge of the ribbon, thus forming a ruffle.

17. STEP 17

    

    Place the ruffle on the bottom of the cake.

18. STEP 18

    

    Make a few more ruffle ribbons with pink fondant to completely cover the bottom of the cake.

19. STEP 19

    

    Place the crust-bed on top and also decorate it with ruffles.

20. STEP 20

    

    To create a small ruffle, I have a special device, but it can be easily replaced by making a ruffle using the method described above.

21. STEP 21

    

    I decorated the edges of the ruffle with a special tool.

22. STEP 22

    

    Cover the crust-crib with white mastic and decorate the crust-crib with flowers from fondant or other decorative elements. Place the baby in the “crib”. I made it using a special mold. Enjoy your tea!

Comments on the recipe

Marjoram

09.10.2023

4.7

Cool, here's another master class of such a baby

Irisha

09.10.2023

4.6

Natalie, the cake is just a miracle!!! The baby is so cute!!! It’s very beautiful, although the size of the cake is not for children at all)))

Natali

09.10.2023

5

Thank you, Irisha... yes, the size is large, so that there is enough for everyone

Anahit

09.10.2023

4.8

Natasha, every time you show better and more detailed how to prepare a cake and work with mastic, I just have to overcome my fear of mastic, somehow buy it and cook it. Thank you