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My little Sister turned 18 in October 2012 and, after making my Mum’s 50th Birthday cake, I volunteered to make her 18th Birthday cake. My Sister had an idea of what she wanted, a white, tiered sponge cake with mint green coloured decorations. So I set to work on yet another special birthday cake for a family member.
The first stage for me, was to make the cake topper and the decorations to go on the cake. I used mint coloured sugar floral paste to make the stars and the butterflies, although this was fiddly and took some time and practice it really was the best option as sugar floral paste is lightweight and sets hard unlike fondant icing. I used non toxic, food safe glitter, florist/craft wire and a posy pick to assemble the cake topper. The butterflies, once cut, were placed into the crease of a piece of folded ca
Two days before my Sister’s party, it was time to make the cake. I made two round cakes, one about 2 inches smaller than the other, so that there was a good size difference between the two tiers. Once cooled I filled the layers of each cake with jam and homemade vanilla butter-cream. Then I crumb coated each of the two tiers, individually, with the butter cream. This would allow a smoother surface once the fondant was covering the cake and would stop lots of crumbs getting into the fondant