This was my first ever fondant cake. I made it last year for my friend who was moving to Australia for a year. I spent ages searching Google and Pinterest to come up with ideas and merged them all together to create this little cake. The main cake is the Australian flag (minus two stars) and then there's a boomerang, surfboard and flipflops on the sand (which is just brown sugar). I then printed out a banner and stuck it into the cake with two cake pop sticks. I was so excited with how it turned out, even though the fondant needed some patchwork repairs!!
125g self-raising flour
125g butter, softened
125g golden caster sugar
2 medium eggs, beaten
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
Preheat oven to 180ºC and line a cake tin. Put all ingredients into a bowl and beat until smooth. Poor into lined cake tin and bake for approximately 25-30 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin for a few minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Vanilla Buttercream
150g unsalted butter, softened
225g icing sugar
2 tbsp hot water
1 tsp vanilla
Beat butter until light and fluffy. Gradually add icing sugar and water in two batches. Add vanilla.
You will also need:
Blue fondant
Red fondant
Yellow Fondant
White Fondant
Brown Sugar
Cake Pop Sticks
Banner
When the cake has cooled completely, cover it with a thin layer of buttercream. Roll out the blue fondant as thinly as possible and lay over the cake. Pull out the edges as you are smoothing down the sides and trim to fit. Make and add whatever decorations are required!
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