Richard Goh’s Cake Deco Class 5: How to Make 3D House Cake?

7th April 2013

We are going to build and design our own (edible) house and garden this week. I would think that this is something you can do together with your kids for bonding session. It is really fun.

  

What you need?

• A square 8” or 9” butter cake (height 2”)
• A square 10” or 11” sponge cake (height 1”)
• Knife
• Flat spatula
• Whipping cream (or buttercream)
• Desiccated coconut + green food colour ( for the “grass”)
• Piping jelly + blue food colour( for the “pool”)
• Candies, cookies, marshmallows…..(for decoration)

  

What I learn from this class?

•  Cut and form a house shape from a square cake

  

How to make a 3D house cake with garden?

1) Level the butter cake. Cut into half (must be precious).

2) Spread cream on one piece of cake and stack another piece on top.

3) Divide cake into 3 equal portions, cut out 1/3 of it (must be precious).

4) Lift up the 1/3 portion of cake to standing position.  Cut diagonally into 2 triangles.

5) Place the 2 triangles together to form the “roof”.  Joint them with cream.

6) Place “roof” on top of the remaining 2/3 of cake. Joint them with cream. Now a house shape cake is formed.

7) Spread cream on the sponge cake. Then place the “house” on top of your preferred position.

8) Spread cream to cover the “house”. If you are going to cover with all the decorative stuff you just need a crumb coat. If you are exposing the cream then you have to cream it nicely but it is not easy to frost a 3D figure smoothly.

9) You may start to decorate your house now follow by garden. If you are going to cover the garden with “grass”, do it after completing the house decoration. Just mix desiccated coconut with green colouring. Sprinkle on top of the sponge cake and coat the sides. If you want to have a “pool” in your garden, just reserve an area for it (don’t sprinkle desiccated coconut on top) and add piping jelly on top.

So here is my creation, overly sugared house, haha.

The house and garden were built from these 2 cakes, top – Rum Butter Cake, bottom – Pandan Chiffon Cake.

For the Pandan Chiffon Cake I used the same recipe as this Matcha Chiffon Cake, omitted the matcha powder and added about ½ tsp of pandan paste.

The “tiles” and the “windows” were also made of the same cake. I piped excess batter on macaron mat and sieved some icing sugar on top before baking.

My original design, can you tell the difference?

I managed to take some photos of my classmates’ creations.  Aren’t they pretty? I am really glad that I am able to learn together with a group of talented and passionate home-bakers. Thumb up everyone!