Final week, I shared my son’s e-book themed first birthday celebration! As I promised, I’m going to share how I made these superior e-book truffles!
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Let’s be trustworthy, these truffles got here out method higher than I believed they’d. This was my first time making an attempt to make any sort of “shaped cake” and since a e-book is already within the form of a rectangle, half of the work was already completed. This was additionally my first time making and adorning with fondant. Making and dealing with fondant was additionally rather a lot simpler than I imagined, I might undoubtedly do it once more.
I began out by making my marshmallow fondant the day earlier than I adorned the truffles. It’s best when it has time to set. I used this recipe from Rose Bakes and adopted her instructions intently.
I made two truffles, the bigger one was Ina Garten’s Beatty’s Chocolate Cake with peanut butter frosting (a favourite round right here) and the smaller cake was a banana cake made with a field combine and a few ripe bananas thrown in.
I baked the truffles in a 9 x 13″ pan. 2 layers for the chocolate cake, and 1 for the banana cake.
For the small e-book cake, you’ll solely want 1/2 of your 9 x 13″ cake. Right here I had taken the half cake I used to be going to make use of and minimize it in half once more, so I might have two layers for my mini e-book cake.
I minimize a skinny layer off of the cake so I had a flat floor for the underside of the cake.
Then I frosted the highest, and positioned one other layer of cake on high.
Now the enjoyable half, CARVING! I used a bread knife for the entire shaping.
I made a small minimize within the heart of the cake, and minimize down in the direction of the middle from either side making a V formed valley within the heart of the cake.
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Then I minimize the perimeters of the cake additionally at an angle sloping downwards.
Utilizing the earlier cuts as a information, I then rounded either side as easily as I might utilizing a knife.
The following step is to cowl your cake with a crumb coat of icing. I used peanut butter icing right here.
I accomplished the identical steps with my bigger cake too!
I took the fondant I made the evening earlier than and kneaded it very well. This half is essential to getting your fondant to be versatile and easy.
Utilizing a rolling pin, I rolled out a big part of fondant to cowl my cake. I used corn starch to maintain the fondant from sticking to the counter and rolling pin. It labored nice!
I acquired the fondant on the cake by rolling the fondant onto the rolling pin, after which rolled the fondant off of the rolling pin gently over the cake.
Beginning within the heart crease of the cake I used my palms to softly press the fondant to the perimeters of the cake.
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I used a pizza cutter to chop off the additional fondant.
Right here you possibly can see the big cake.
Subsequent, I went round the entire sides and utilizing some picket clay instruments, I drew traces to seem like e-book pages.
Then I minimize a small semi circle the place the e-book binding will go.
I rolled out some blue fondant for the e-book binding and used a pizza cutter to chop lengthy strips.
Then I positioned the binding across the edges of the e-book, utilizing a bit of little bit of water to assist it stick with the opposite fondant.
Lastly, I made some enjoyable colours of icing and piped some decorations utilizing a plastic ziploc with the tip minimize off.
I’m so proud of the best way these truffles got here out! I made each of those truffles for below $30! I hope this can be a useful publish that evokes you to create your personal e-book truffles!
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