Once the cake has been covered with the fondant icing it is ready to fix to the board and finish decorating. Mad Hatter’s Tea Party Cake Assembling the cake Brush over a little melted dark chocolate around the patches for the stitches! Simply cut out squares and rectangles of fondant (the same colour as the hat or even different!) and stick it over any cracks, using buttercream or melted chocolate as an adhesive. Well, this certainly goes well with a Mad Hatters’s cake where the battered look is absolutely acceptable! Allow it to dry and the blemishes and the repair work are unnoticeable! Top tip 2: patchwork cheats! You then spread a little of this mixture over the blemishes or small tears and use a knife to smooth it out. Add more drops as needed to get a spreadable consistency. Mix well and within moments the fondant will dissove a little, giving a gluey paste. Put some of the fondant icing (the same colour you want to repair) in a small container and add a few drops of water to it. Top tip 1: spread over runny fondant icing Or else gravity takes over when draping it over a cake as it rips before I get the chance to smooth it around the cake!īut I wanted to push myself with this cake by covering it with fondant icing rather than go for a chocolate covering or a buttercream covering (two of my customary ways to cover a cake!). I am not the neatest when it comes to covering a cake in fondant: no matter how careful I am, I often get cracks or small tears, especially down the side. Mad Hatter Cake Hiding cracks & blemishes on a fondant-iced cake You can trim off any rough-looking bits if you want, but it really does not have to be perfect as the cake will be covered with icing – besides, a hat with a few battered or uneven bits is no bad thing! Then with a serrated knife, gently trim downwards. To shape, simply stack the cakes without the buttercream: it is easier having the largest cake on the base, tapering upwards. NB: the flavour and texture of the cake is not affected by the freezing: I have taste-tested cakes side-by-side that have been both frozen and had not been frozen, and I can never tell the difference. This also avoids the cakes falling apart as you trim as well as preventing crumbs from getting all over the place. You then trim it from frozen and then fill and cover it with the buttercream. Top tip: the easiest way to shape a cake and cover it with buttercream is to freeze it, un-iced. Now it turned out that I did not need all of the layers as I got enought height with five of the cakes, so I omitted one of the 6″ cakes, which then gave us a small cake to eat later! Shaping the hat: use frozen cakes! It might seem a lot of cake but to make and bake all of the cakes took under an hour (plus cooling time) as I used the very quick and easy all-in-one method. I went for 8″, 7″ and 6″ cakes, which gives a natural tapering to help shape the hat, although you could make the cakes the same size and have a cylindrical hat. ***Flavored coffee may have other allergens, please feel free to inquire about your specific allergen.I must confess that my ability to slice a cake in half horizontally for layering up is embarrassingly poor, so rather than bake deep cakes for slicing in half, I baked the cakes in 6 shallow cake tins. **Sinful Sundae and Crème Brulee currently have dairy derivatives *with the exception of Creme Brulee and Sinful Sundae, which are certified Kosher Dairy Sip with confidence knowing that every drop of our premium coffees is crafted with care. ![]() SWP coffee has been decaffeinated using water and carbon filters instead of harsh chemicals, leaving you with a cup of decaf coffee that is 99.9% caffeine-free and tastes like perfection. Swiss Water Process Decaf – We care about giving you the best quality decaffeinated coffee which is why we use Swiss Water Process (SWP) decaf.Vegan- Almost all of our coffees and flavorings are free of animal by-products.**.Sugar and Gluten-Free – We source premium flavoring that adds your favorite tastes to your cup with no added sugar, dairy, or gluten.**.Allergen Friendly- All our flavorings are free of the top eight allergens.**.Kosher Certified- We're pleased to share that our coffees are certified as Kosher Pareve!* Our commitment to quality means you can enjoy all our blends, origins, flavors, and decafs of 100% specialty grade, Arabica coffee while following a Kosher diet. ![]() We continue our mission of bringing you the perfect cup, every time, by upholding these standards in every batch. ![]() All our blends, origins, flavors, and decafs of 100% Arabica coffee carry a Specialty Coffee Grade 1, making it among the top 3% of quality coffee in the world. When you drink Coffee Beanery coffee, you can taste our commitment to quality in every sip.
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