May 2012
Manchester United Birthday Cake
My husband loves Manchester United, so I decided to make him a Manchester United Football Cake, for his birthday. I used the Wilton Soccer Ball cake tin, to create the football, modelling the players and the Logo out of coloured fondant.
The Cake was a chocolate fudge cake. Firstly I used the #3 Wilton tip to outline the hexagon's in black.
Second stage was to cover the cake in white stars, these were done using the #16 Wilton star tip.
Third stage was the same as above, using the #16 Wilton Star tip to fill in the black stars.
Finally I covered the Cake board in Green butter cream and using the #233
Wilton tip, created some grass
Fondant figurines-
I made the footballers in advance, allowing them enough time to set hard.
I pre coloured the fondant, using Wilton Gel food colouring. Creating each part for the footballers individually, then sticking them together with Wilton Clear Vanilla Extract.
I followed the above stages with the Logo.
I made a template out of baking paper and used a sharp knife to cut the correct shapes from the rolled fondant.
Once all the pieces had been carved out, from the fondant. I stuck the pieces together using the Wilton clear vanilla extract.
Overall I was pleased with the outcome of this cake!
Hope you have enjoyed reading.
Cassie //(*;*)\\
