Mamma FIFO's baking efforts: Bee Hive

FIFO Mum : http://imafifomum.blogspot.com.au/

It's no secret that I love to bake and cake decorate. I have a great time being a Mum I get a little party crazy and every year I tell myself that I wont do it again next year (or the next family birthday or excuse to make a cake) ... but who am I kidding! There has been a zoo cake, Lightening McQueen, Spot, love heart engagement cake and giant cupcake cakes. I love the excitement of choosing a theme and researching decorated cakes for inspiration its so much fun. There is something homely about the smell of home baked goods.

I thought I would share with you a recent cake I made. I was looking for a simple cake (if that exists!). I decided I would try the Bee Hive cake from Debbie Brown book. Off I went and baked my divine caramel cake and split the chocolate mud cake into two smaller pans.

How I made my Bees? The yellow fondant was rolled into bee shapes, the black strips were cut and glued with sugar glue, and I used a small love heart cutter for the wings. For the antennas I bend some gold wire around a pen to get a nice curved antenna. These were left to set overnight.

I decided to use buttercream for this cake instead of the usual ganache. I have never seen so much buttercream in my life! The cakes were stacked, glued with a layer of buttercream and cut into a beehive shape. I did a crumb layer and allowed the buttercream to set before I put another layer of buttercream over the top to put the rolled fondant over the top. The crumb layer allowed for smooth fondant finish.

Once finished I allowed the fondant to set overnight and added toothpicks to the bottom of the bees so I could position and attach them to the cake. I was lazy I didn't bother to cover the board...I really wish I had!

I wonder what I will make for our first birthday later this year?!

x A

FIFO Mum : http://imafifomum.blogspot.com.au/

FIFO Mum : http://imafifomum.blogspot.com.au/

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