TOY GARAGE CAKE

            Be prepared for a traffic jam at the party table when you serve this cake 

MATERIALS.

• 20cm ( 8in ) square cake,
• 30cm ( 12in ) square cake board
• .2kg ( 4lb ) sugarpaste / rolled fondant
•  black, red, green, blue, yellow & cream food coloring pastes
•  icing/confectioners' sugar in a sugar shaker
•  410g ( 13oz / 13 cups ) buttercream
•  sugar glue 

EQUIPMENT

• large rolling pin
• sharp knife cake smoother
• miniature circle cutter 

TOY GARAGE CAKE METHOD:

Color 750g ( 1½lb ) of sugar paste grey using a touch of black food coloring paste. Roll out 440g ( 14oz ) and cover the cake board, trimming excess from around the edge. then put aside to dry. Trim the crust from the cake and slice the top flat. Cut in half and put one half on top of the other. Trim one end to curve around, then sandwich the layers together with buttercream. Spread a layer of buttercream over the surface of the cake

Roll out 75g ( 2 ½ oz ) of white sugar paste and cut a piece to fit the square end then press into position. Roll out 375g(12oz) of white  and cut an oblong the around the cake sides. Roll up, position against the cake, then unroll around the cake.

 

Roll out 200g ( 6 oz ) of grey. Carefully place the top of the cake down onto it and cut around, then turn the cake over and position it on the board. Color 280g ( 90z ) red. Roll out 100g ( 3½oz ) and cut a strip to fit around the top of the cake, sticking with sugar glue.

Using the remaining grey, roll out and cut two strips for the road ramps, sticking securely at the top with sugar glue. To make the petrol pumps, roll a sausage with 75g ( 2 ½ oz ) of white sugarpaste and press a little flat, then cut it in half. Color 60g ( 2oz ) of sugarpaste black. Make the petrol pump hoses using a little red and black.

Color 15g (1/2  oz ) of sugar paste cream, 30g ( 1 oz ) yellow, and 200g ( 6 ½ oz ) blue. To make the little people, model a ball of paste, pressing a little flat. Cut the bottom straight to make the body. Roll balls of cream sugar paste for each head, marking a smile using the circle cutter pressed in at an angle. Roll tiny noses and eyes, sticking them in place with sugar glue. For the caps, model flattened circles, then pinch up one side for a peak. Make the ramps and road markings with black, white, and yellow sugar paste.

Color the remaining sugar paste green. To make the cars and trucks, model a ball of sugar paste and press gently on the top to flatten slightly. With the flat of a knife, press into the sugar paste to mark the front window, then press down to flatten the bonnet. Shap the back of the car in the same way. Cut straight edges all around each car. Make the truck but keep the back straight. Shape tires from black sugar paste, indenting each with your finger

 

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