At lave en skjorte kage/ Making a shirt cake

 Igår overraskede vi mellemste lillebror med en lille fødselsdags fest. Jeg meldte mig til kage opgaven. Han kan godt lide Red Velvet kage, så det skulle han have. Men hvordan kagen skulle se ud, var lidt svært at find ud af. Min slut ide blev en popcorn kage, troede jeg indtil to dage før festen. Inspireret af skjorte kager på nettet, fandt jeg ud af at jeg ville lave en skjorte kage. Det vil være sjovt, fordi vi også havde købt en skjorte i gave til ham.
Yesterday we surprised one of my younger brothers with a little birthday party. I got  the cake assignment. He likes Red Velvet cake, so that was what I was going to bake for him. But the look ofthe cake was difficult to decide. At last my end decisions was to make a popcorn cake, or so I thought until two day before the birthday party. While browsing on the net, I got inspired by shirt cakes and thought that it would be fun to make a shirt cake for him as we were also giving him a shirt for birthday present. That always happens to me, change of plans, in last minuts :)


Red Velvet cake og fondant.
Til Red Velvet kagen brugte jeg opskrift fra http://www.joyofbaking.com/RedVelvetCake.html  Jeg fordobblet opskriften, men jeg brugte mere kærnemælk end der står i opskriften, ca 100ml mere i alt. Jeg bagte kagen i min ovn brade pande.
I alt brugte jeg ca 1500 gr fondant, men jeg havde indfarvet i alt 1700 gr fondant til at starte med.det måske derfor min arme gør ondt idag.
Red Velvet and fondant.
For the Red velvet cake used recepie from Joy of baking http://www.joyofbaking.com/RedVelvetCake.html  I dobbeled the recepie but used more buttermilk then it says in the recepie, about 100 ml more. I baked the cake in my large oven pan.
For the fondant I ended up using 1500 gr in all, but I had coloured about 1700 gr fondant. Thats maybe why my arms are hurting today.

Her er min historie om at lave en skjorte kage eller en lille " How to " om hvordan man laver en skjorte kage. Jeg brugte den rigtige skjorte til at lave skabelon .

So this is my story about making a shirt cake or about how to make a shirt cake. I used " the present " to make templets.

Jeg skitserede groft hvordan,  jeg ville have skjorten skulle se ud. 

I  roughly made a drawing on the templet to get an idea og how I wanted the shirt. 

For kraven jeg brugte fondant tilsat tylose pulver. (1 tsk til ca 200 gr fondant. ). For dem der ikke ved, er tylose er en vegetabilsk stivelse og det bruges til at lave at gør fondanten hårder, så man kan modeler med det. Jeg brugte "plastik kraven" fra den rigtig skjorte til at forme kraven. Jeg lod kraven stå og tørre ca 2 timer.

For the shirt collor I used fondant added tylose powder. (1 tsp to 200 gr fondant).I f you dont know tyloseis adde to fondant to make the fondant dry harder.  I used the "plastic collar thing" from the real shirt to mould the collor, then I left it to dry 2 hours.

Brugte en tyl til at lave knapper.

Making buttons witha tip.

Brugte min skabelon til at skære kagen. Jeg smurte min kage op med creme cheese frosting og stillede den på køl.

I used my templet to cut the cake in to shirt shape. Iced the cake with creme cheese frosting.

Jeg overtrak kagen med fondant.

Covered the cake with fondant.

Fri hånds tegning af slips. Slipset og lommen var det sidste jeg lavede, for det skal ikke være så hårdt.

Making the tie. The pocket and the tie has to be soft, so I made them last.

Lommen.................................................................................

The pocket.............................................................................

Min bror blev meget glad for begge sine "skjorter".  Den ene nød han lidt mere end den anden. Jeg håber at I nød min lille historie om at lave skjorte kage. Forsat en god Søndag . 

My brother liked both his shirts, enjoyed one a little bit more then the other. I hope you enjoyed my little story about making shirt cake.  Have a great Sunday.