MY PIRATE BIRTHDAY CAKE 11YRS OLD

Wahoo my Birthday Pirate Cake

 



 

All edible, my pirate birthday cake.  Just a double chocolate moist sponge cake with butter icing and lots of regal fondant icing for the decoration and art work.

 

Ingredintets

10 eggs
20oz caster sugar
20oz stork
18oz self raising flour
2oz chocolate powder
4oz grated 70% chocolate

FOR THE ICING DECORATIONS
4 kg regal white icing
3 x 250g pale blue regal icing
1 x 250g black regal icing
2 x 250g red regal icing
1 x 250g purple regal icing
1 pot gold edible paint
1 pot brown edible paint
1 pot white edible paint
1 pot black edible paint

To make the cakes you will need two tins, one approx 10" and one 6" in diameter.  I make the cake batter in two batches, the first I make for the 6" tin and I use 8oz of sugar, stork, flour and 4 eggs.  The rest of the ingredients are for the 10" tin.

FOR THE CAKE BATTER
Beat the sugar with the stork until light and creamy, beat in one egg at a time, I like to add a tablespoon of flour with each egg to stop any curdling.  Once all the eggs have been incorporated beat for a couple of minutes, then gently fold in the flour until you have a smooth batter. 

Place the batter in a lined cake tin and bake in a pre-heated oven 180 degrees for approx 45 minutes or until firm and springy and a skewer comes out clean.

Turn out on a wire rack to cool completely.  I like to level the cake top and then turn the cake upside down so that you have a perfect flat surface ready to ice.

For the icing, the 10" cake will need 2kg of regal icing, and the 6" cake will need 1kg icing.  Paint the top and sides of the cake with some fondant icing or some warmed jam to help the icing stick.  Roll out the icing nice and thick and place over the cake and smooth out the sides, trim off the excess.

FOR THE FUN ICING
Here just get stuck in and play, I like to score the icing to help make more of a textured effect on the waves, the skull is make from a 1kg block or regal icing and then I painted the skull with the edible paints.  In all treat the icing like playdo, you can re-mould and start again, the main aim is to enjoy making the cake and themed parts.

IT IS ALL IN THE DETAILS
That is the secret to the look of the cake, all people see is the finishing touches, they don't see the cake just the themed theatrics, so any extra gems, gold coins, pearl necklaces make the cake even more fun.