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Thursday, April 25, 2013

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!




32 comments:

  1. 谢谢你无私的分享,
    很感兴趣的一段,受益了。
    你的杰作也很棒!
    认识你真好,:)

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    1. Aunty Young,

      我也觉得认识你真好!

      有机会请我吃你的相思蛋糕,你做的每一个看起来都那么好吃。

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  2. 高难度叻
    我看看就好:$

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    1. Jess,

      看起来似高难度其实一点也不难,真的。因为有那些糖果饼干的帮助。

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  3. angel, 好棒好棒的3D home....
    喜欢湼。。

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  4. 很有趣,不过想到那么多工
    我还是算了

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    1. 鲸鱼,

      其实只要做两个蛋糕,不会很大工。我觉得三几好友聚在一起装饰也是很有意思的bonding session。

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  5. 我还是喜欢angel的bangalow,感觉就像‘快乐天堂’。

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    1. eileen,

      谢谢你的欣赏。

      我觉得我的作品在里头是最幼稚的,哈哈。

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  6. 你的杰作很棒!我又可以在你家多多学习,感恩你无私分享。

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  7. Good Job Angel! Your house is full of sweetness :) Love it!

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  8. Good morning,
    Thanks for detailed post. I have been following your post and find them very informative. Keep up the good work!.

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  9. Angel, 谢谢您无私的分享!!!
    Regards, Penny

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  10. Angel, you did a great job!!! For me this is a mission impossible :)

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    1. Esther,

      Thanks. This is not as difficult as you think, really bcoz we use a lot of candies, cookies.., for decoration.

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  11. Hi Angel,

    I can see so much fun baking this cake house. One simple cake base can generate so much creativity and imagination!

    Zoe

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    1. Zoe,

      Precisely as u can see no two house is identical. I am looking forward to build another house and design with my boy when he is older.

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  12. wow so pretty and seem fun to be creative.

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    1. Yummy Bakes

      It was really fun and I truly enjoyed myself.

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  13. Hi Angel,
    Haven't been blog-hopping for a while, luckily I came here to look see look see, otherwise 走宝了. Super thanks for sharing this idea with step-by-step pictures. Now I am changing my mind again on what to bake for my son's bday. No more tractor cake, maybe a house cake instead :)

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    1. Miss B,

      Can't wait to see your house cake.

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    2. Hi Angel,
      Here is the link to my house cake. Thank you v much for the step-by-step tutorial. :)
      http://everybodyeatswell.blogspot.be/2013/05/birthday-cake-1-house-cake-with-garden.html

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    3. Hi Miss B,

      You are most welcome! Your house cake is lovely!

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  14. I missed this lesson, so happy that I can see the step by step pictures in constructing the house. Thanks for sharing!

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