I was in on Holidays in Canada when I got a text
message from Cake Queen aka Marian “check your Facebook you have a
message” the message was from another Cake Queen aka Agatha and she
was
telling me briefly about the project and asked me
would I like to get involved, my first thought was wow the Irish version of the
“Starry Night” project and I was delighted and thrilled to be asked to be part
of it.
I received my picture in the post on the 4th of
September and I immediately started to decide how I would complete it…
My first step was to trace the image on to baking
paper, then I cut the flower paste to the exact size (as per Instructions)
I used a scribe to scratch the image on to the paste, I then started to paint
the picture using edible colours, and when it was dry I used Royal icing to do
the outlines, and then painted them gold.
My next stage was to make the cake I decided to
make a 6” square Chocolate Biscuit cake and carved it to the size of the
picture, I ganached it to give the sharp edges and smooth sides and used my set
square and level to ensure I got them right, this part was harder than the
topper, when I was happy with it I spread a thin layer of Royal Icing on the
topper then placed it on top of the cake and let out a big sigh of relief…
I called to cake Queen Geraldine on Sunday to
deliver my piece and saw some of the other pieces and the excitement of seeing
the whole project complete was great…
Thanks a million to Niamh and Ger for including me
in this fab project and I get to be a “Cake Queen” for a day…
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