{"id":175349,"date":"2024-09-13T19:23:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T09:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/?p=175349"},"modified":"2024-09-13T19:23:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T09:23:27","slug":"cake-rescue-fairy-cake-blank-space-cake-pinata-ruffle-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/cake-rescue-fairy-cake-blank-space-cake-pinata-ruffle-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Cake Rescue: Fairy Cake, Blank Space Cake, Pinata Ruffle Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Bf3coUu4Y4?si=PjuHa6PFmyG8fID3?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cake Rescue:<\/p>\n<h4>Fairy Cake<\/h4>\n<p>You will need:<br \/>\nthree cake boards, one 10&#8243; thicker board to put the whole cake on, one 6&#8243; and one little 4&#8243; for the mushroom<br \/>\ncake support sticks, these come in paper or plastic<br \/>\nFondant letter plunger cutter set or see alternatives without equipment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/four-different-ways-to-do-fondant-lettering\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><br \/>\nsomething with a flat edge for smoothing cakes, preferably metal.  I use a stainless steel dough scraper<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/msedge_ZwGMK1a9Mx-300x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-175362\" data-wp-pid=\"175362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/msedge_ZwGMK1a9Mx-300x270.png 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/msedge_ZwGMK1a9Mx-334x300.png 334w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/msedge_ZwGMK1a9Mx.png 532w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nHelpful but not essential a 6&#8243; and 4&#8243; round cutter, you could find a plate or cup this measurement and cut around it with a knife.  A cake turntable and an offset spatula<br \/>\nYou can use real flowers to decorate this cake with water tubes available at cake decorating stores or if making fondant flowers these things will be helpful:<br \/>\npeony cutter set<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/msedge_CBw4GKh7Pw-300x214.png\" alt=\"peony cutter set\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-175353\" data-wp-pid=\"175353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/msedge_CBw4GKh7Pw-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/msedge_CBw4GKh7Pw-550x393.png 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/msedge_CBw4GKh7Pw-400x286.png 400w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/msedge_CBw4GKh7Pw.png 708w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nrose cutter set<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/msedge_RMeJ6Md85d-300x219.png\" alt=\"rose cutter set\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-175352\" data-wp-pid=\"175352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/msedge_RMeJ6Md85d-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/msedge_RMeJ6Md85d-550x402.png 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/msedge_RMeJ6Md85d-400x292.png 400w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/msedge_RMeJ6Md85d.png 739w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nballing tool<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/msedge_DrCZiId3r4-300x256.png\" alt=\"fondant balling tool\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-175354\" data-wp-pid=\"175354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/msedge_DrCZiId3r4-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/msedge_DrCZiId3r4-351x300.png 351w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/msedge_DrCZiId3r4.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nfoam mat for thinning petal edges on with the balling tool<br \/>\nsmall flower plunger cutters<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/msedge_TCLcX4QVmv-300x154.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-175361\" data-wp-pid=\"175361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/msedge_TCLcX4QVmv-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/msedge_TCLcX4QVmv-550x282.png 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/msedge_TCLcX4QVmv-768x393.png 768w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/msedge_TCLcX4QVmv-400x205.png 400w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/msedge_TCLcX4QVmv.png 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2.4 kg (5.29 pounds) white fondant<br \/>\n300g (10.58 ounces) milk compound chocolate for the bottom layer decoration (you can use real chocolate if you know how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/temper-chocolate\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">temper<\/a> it)<br \/>\ngel food colouring in red, blue, yellow, purple, brown and green<br \/>\nmarshmallows (enough to fill the bowl you&#8217;ve chosen for the mushroom top).<br \/>\nrice krispies or rice bubbles (enough to fill the bowl you&#8217;ve chosen plus a little extra so you can pack it in tightly.<br \/>\nFour quantities of my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/chocolate-cake-recipe\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">chocolate cake recipe<\/a> baked in 3 trays and three 8&#8243; cakes tins.  My trays are 15\u2033 x 10\u2033 and only take 15-20 minutes to bake.  Use these tray cakes to cut out three 6&#8243; circles for the second layer of cake and five 4&#8243; circ les for the mushroom stem.<br \/>\n6 quantities of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/buttercream-cupcake-frosting-recipes\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">buttercream frosting<\/a>  Note if you watch the video you can see that I did rescue this cake and took some frosting off &#8211; so you may not need all of this, perhaps make in batches.<br \/>\noptional: fruit for between the layers, I like using defrosted frozen raspberries mixed with the buttercream that is between the layers.  I would advise this on the larger bottom cake only.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/fairy-cake-550x842.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"842\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-175359\" data-wp-pid=\"175359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/fairy-cake-550x842.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/fairy-cake-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/fairy-cake-768x1175.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/fairy-cake-1004x1536.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/fairy-cake-1338x2048.jpg 1338w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/fairy-cake-300x459.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/fairy-cake-scaled.jpg 1673w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n \n<h4 align=center>My Cookbook<\/h4>\n<p align=center>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/cook-crazy-sweet-creations-cookbook-ann-reardon\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"40%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hardcover-book-mockup-of-a-woman-reading-3409-el1.png\" alt=\"ann reardon crazy sweet creations cookbook\" title=\"Crazy Sweet Creations Cookbook\" style=\"opacity: 0.8; -moz-opacity: 0.8;\" class=\"fade\" \/><\/a>\n<\/br>\nStores that sell my book listed by country:  \n<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ARcookbook\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/ARcookbook<\/a>\n<\/br>\nAll recipe quantities in the book are in grams, ounces and cups.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/cake-rescue-fairy-cake-blank-space-cake-pinata-ruffle-cake\/\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cake-rescue-ann-reardon-150x150.png\" class=\"alignleft tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"fairy cake tutorial\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cake-rescue-ann-reardon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cake-rescue-ann-reardon-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cake-rescue-ann-reardon-1200x1200-cropped.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cake-rescue-ann-reardon-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-wp-pid=\"175358\" \/><\/a><p>Cake Rescue: Fairy Cake You will need: three cake boards, one 10&#8243; thicker board to put the whole cake on, one 6&#8243; and one little 4&#8243; for the mushroom cake support sticks, these come in paper or plastic Fondant letter plunger cutter set or see alternatives without equipment here something with a flat edge for smoothing cakes, preferably metal. I use a stainless steel dough scraper Helpful but not essential a 6&#8243; and 4&#8243; round<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":175358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,1652,748],"tags":[3822,3819,1209,3821,3820,3823],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175349"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175349"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175365,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175349\/revisions\/175365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}