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| 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.
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.
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.
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.
