Welcome to howtocookthat.net, I'm Ann Reardon.
Today I'm going to show you how to make a
minecraft cake and snacks to go with it for
a minecraft party.
If you're not familiar with minecraft it's
a game where you go round and create and build
and explore a whole massive world.
To start with you're going to need to bake
the actual cake and cover it in buttercream
icing.
If you look in the description below the video
there is a link to the blog where you'll find
the recipes for the cake and buttercream icing.
To smooth out your buttercream, take some
paper towel and put it on the cake and use
a fondant smoother over the top to gently
smooth off each side.
Then remove the paper towel and repeat that
on each side of the cube.
To make the corners nice and sharp, place
some paper towel on top of the cube and put
a book or something flat resting on top of
it, then use some paper towel on the fondant
smoother and the sides to smooth right into
those corners.
Next you are going to need to color your fondant
into four different color browns, light grey
and some different colored greens.
If you've not worked with fondant before then
you can watch the video on fondant basics,
I'll link to that one at the end of this one.
Put some baking paper over the top of the
template and roll out your fondant to the
size of the white square.
Sticky tape the baking paper to the bench
so that it doesn't move and then trim off
any excess edges so you can see your blue
guideline the whole way around.
Then using the lines in that blue section
as a guide, cut your fondant using a pizza
cutter into long, straight strips.
I find it easiest to use a second piece of
plastic sheeting to cover the strips that
are already cut so that they didn't lift up
as you run the pizza cutter down.
Once you've done all the strips you need to
turn the fondant around and repeat the process
to cut them into squares.
If you find that your fondant is starting
to stick the pizza cutter then you just need
to wash and dry the blade really well.
Next take a fresh sheet of baking paper and
place it over the template.
Rub some Crisco or butter or margarine in
a thin layer all over the paper, and this
is going to help the fondant squares to stay
in place exactly where you put them.
Then take some paper towel and wipe off any
excess.
Sticky tape your baking paper to the bench
making sure you line up one edge of your baking
paper with one edge of the white square.
Then start placing your brown squares into
place mixing the different colors together
and using a ruler to straighten up your sides.
Once you get near to the top of your template
you're going to need to add some green squares
there as well.
Once you've completely finished brush the
fondant with a little water.
This helps them to stick to each other and
it's also going to help them to stick to the
cake.
Slide your baking paper onto something thin
but firm and then use that to lift it up and
line up the bottom edge of your fondant with
the base of the cake then carefully tilt it
up and push it into position and use your
fondant smoother to smooth it in place.
Then slowly and carefully peel off your baking
paper being especially careful with the squares
at the edges.
To cover the top of your cake, don't put any
water on those green fondant squares.
Just place a piece a cardboard on top and
flip it over so the fondant is resting on
the board.
Line up one edge and then slide the board
out from underneath it and gently peel off
your baking paper.
Then you need to do your other remaining three
sides.
After that if you've got any patience left
you can use your leftover fondant squares
to decorate small cubes of cake or your honeycomb
chocolate coated pieces.
