The end is nigh! My studies are complete and the school year
is almost over - the scent of Christmas is beginning to permeate throughout the house!
My most recent cake was a request from a
friend for her Breakfast at Tiffany’s 21st. Her design was a Tiffany & Co. box with a
large bow perched on top! Although I have made a Tiffany cake in the past, I have never made a cube which included some stacking and sculpting!
I am currently working on producing an
iPhone/iPod app on cakes, providing simple step-by-step instructions to creating
these cakes. For a preview of how the app will be designed, the following guide demonstrates how to make the Tiffany & Co. box cake!
A 10-step guide to creating a simple,
yet elegant Tiffany & Co. box complete with white bow.
1. Bake a mud cake in a bread loaf tin (I use Planet Cake’s recipe!)
2. Cool in tin
3. Cut in half and stack using chocolate ganache in between
4. Ganache entire cake, let it set and then use a hot knife to smooth ganache before placing cake on a silver board
5. Colour fondant using light blue paste and a touch of yellow paste to attain the Tiffany turquoise colour
6. Roll out fondant and cover cake using a smoother
7. Roll out white fondant and use a paring knife to cut two long strips
8. Add a drop of water to paste the strips onto the cake for ribbons
8. Cut out two smaller rectangles, loosely fold each in half and pinch the ends to create the bow
9. Roll a small amount of fondant and use to attach the two bow sections together before placing the bow on the intersection of the ribbons
10. Write, with a black texta, the Tiffany & Co. logo
1. Bake a mud cake in a bread loaf tin (I use Planet Cake’s recipe!)
2. Cool in tin
3. Cut in half and stack using chocolate ganache in between
4. Ganache entire cake, let it set and then use a hot knife to smooth ganache before placing cake on a silver board
5. Colour fondant using light blue paste and a touch of yellow paste to attain the Tiffany turquoise colour
6. Roll out fondant and cover cake using a smoother
7. Roll out white fondant and use a paring knife to cut two long strips
8. Add a drop of water to paste the strips onto the cake for ribbons
8. Cut out two smaller rectangles, loosely fold each in half and pinch the ends to create the bow
9. Roll a small amount of fondant and use to attach the two bow sections together before placing the bow on the intersection of the ribbons
10. Write, with a black texta, the Tiffany & Co. logo
Voila!!
