Monday, May 18, 2009

Cake decorating class!

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A few weeks ago, Lena and I attended a cake decorating class at Jungbo Gard, a beautiful place about an hour from central Stockholm. It was great fun - we all made "pillowy" cakes, and I have lots of photos to share with you.

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We started with store-bought layers, and several fillings - blackcurrant, coffee, caramel, caipirinha and white chocolate.

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My cake - chocolate layers with caramel and coffee mousse.

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I wanted a square pillow, so I cut the cake into a slightly rounded square, and colored a mixture of sugar paste and marzipan for the covering.

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I like a really thin cover, so it's less sweet. It can make some of the filling show through though!

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Lena, covering her blue cake.

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More cakes being covered.

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Most of us made buttons and ribbons as well.

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Lena, showing how to make the indents for the buttons.

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Some added tassels, too.

Jungbo Gard also has a gorgeous cottage for rent in the summertime! I'll try to get you some more info on that, as many readers ask me for nice places to stay when they're here.

2 comments:

Rosemary said...

Wow what great cakes......

Lia "RSA courses" Scott said...

you did a great job the cake so simple.. and delicious..