Jubilee Vintage Union Jack Cake on a coronation glass plate |
Time to share another Jubilee Cake with you, this one was a
practice run ready for next weeks big Jubilee party. I was inspired to try stencilling
following a recent trip to the British Sugarcraft Guild Show held at Telford
last week. During which I had tickets to a Lindy Smith demonstration on stencilling.
I had never really been interested in stencilling, and thought the only thing
you could do with edible dusts was mix them with vodka for painting
sugar paste with. How wrong I was. It is so simple and effective to use them
with particularly with stencils.
Now back to the cake...I made a plain sponge mix but used small
tins, filled with vanilla butter cream and homemade strawberry jam. Now to the
clever, but very simple decoration.
I rolled out some white sugar paste, took my new Union Jack flag
stencil placed this onto the sugar paste. Using a cake smoother press down on
the stencil, so it adheres to the sugar paste. Using a small clean soft brush such as a new make up brush, gently brush a little coloured dust in the
appropriate area of the stencil. Once finished dusting, carefully peel off the
stencil and there you have it - a Union Jack. I repeated this several times, moving the
stencil so the flag was at different angles. I also used less dust. This created
a Union Jack with a faded look, hopefully giving the decoration a vintage feel. I cut out the design using the largest round pastry cutter I have, this gave me the perfect fit for the top of my Jubilee Vintage Union Jack Cake.
I am delighted with how it turned out, and think it looks wonderful displayed on a special coronation glass plate that belongs to my mum.
Wow that looks amazing and definitely has a vintage feel to it. Brilliant idea and I'm sure it will go down well at your Jubilee Party!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ros so glad you like it
Deletethe cake looks amazing! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks it tasted great too
DeleteYou're so clever! Love this! X
ReplyDeleteThanks Dolly :)
DeleteI love this Jubilee cake. Thanks for your lovely commemt on my blog too!
ReplyDeleteThanks for popping by and your kind words about my cake. You're most welcome, I loved the Iced Gems ;)
DeleteCool stencil, very effective.
ReplyDeleteThanks Janice will definitely be trying out more stencilling
DeleteThat cake is just perfect for the Jubilee..I just love the flag stencils on it :) I am sure it tastes as lovely as it looks...
ReplyDeletethank you so much magie, I was really pleased with how it worked out
DeleteWow - that is cool! I love the plate too :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, it is a very special plate and looks wonderful
DeleteGreat looking cake...and original too! Where did you get the stencil from...was it at the show too? :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Laura, yes the stencil was from the show and only cost £2.50!
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