GIRL'S DRESSING UP CAKE 

All girls love dressing up don't forget the feather boa and lots of pretty hats!

MATERIALS

• 20cm ( 8in ) square cake,
• 30cm ( 12in ) round cake board
• 1.25kg ( 2½lb ) sugarpaste / rolled fondant
• blue, golden brown, mauve, green, pink & yellow food coloring pastes
• icing/confectioners' sugar in a sugar shaker
• 410g ( 13oz / 1½ cups ) buttercream
• sugar glue 
• black food coloring pen

EQUIPMENT

• large rolling pin.
• sharp knife
• ruler
• curved serrated crimping tool
• small circle cutter
• cocktail stick/toothpick
• small, pointed scissors.
•  blossom plunger cutter 

GIRL'S DRESSING UP CAKE METHOD: 

Color 410g ( 13oz ) of sugar paste blue. Roll out 375g ( 12oz ) and cover the cake board Trim the crust from the cake and slice the top flat. Cut the cake in half and sandwich it with buttercream. Spread a layer of buttercream over the cake, then position it on the board

Color 500g ( 1 lb ) of sugar paste golden brown. Using a ruler to measure exactly the size required, roll out and cut squares to fit the two ends of the dressing Up box. Crimp around the edge using the serrated crimping tool, then fill in with crimped lines. Carefully position the two ends of the cake. Cover the front and back in the same way

Color 45g of sugar paste dark cream using a touch of golden brown food coloring. Roll a ball-shaped nose, then roll the remainder into a ball for the little girl's head. Indent a smile using the circle cutter pressed in at an angle, and dimple each corner using a cocktail stick. Stick the head in position on top of the cake.

Color 125g ( 4oz ) of sugar paste mauve, 22g ( 1/4 oz )  green, 60g ( 2oz ) pink, 30g ( l oz ) cream, and the remaining piece of yellow. Roll out some different colored pieces and position the cake around the girl's head, encouraging each piece to lie in folds. For the dress, smooth pleats with your fingers on a long, thick piece of mauve sugar paste. Drape over the front of the basket then pushes in the tip of a cocktail stick to mark the pattern.

For the hats, shape flattened circles, then top with a dome shape. Roll out and cut a  strip for each hat band and stick it in place crossing over at the back Make pink flowers for a hat band for the white hat, using the blossom cutter. To make the bows, shape a bow and indent it in the center to mark the tie, then indent the pleats using a cocktail stick.

To make the tasseled scarf, cut a strip of blue sugar paste, then make little cuts at each end cutting downwards without pulling or the tassel will break. Create feather boas by rolling sausages of sugar paste, then snipping up rows of little points using sharp scissors.

Roll three thin sausages with cream sugar paste and plait them together for the girl's hair. Trim with a pink bow. When the cake is dry, draw the girl's eye using the black pen

USEFUL TIP

You can use foam pieces to support the modeled fruit in their poses and remove them when dry. 

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