2019-09-01_Food_Heaven

STEP-BY-STEP BEE MINI

SANDWICH CAKES

The perfect mini morsel for a garden party, these lovely

little bakes by Lakeland (blog.lakeland.co.uk) stack up prettily

with their topping of flowers and buzzy bees...

MAKES 12

TO DECORATE

• mini cakes (see page 37)


• PME 8 Paste Colours: sunny yellow


• 3 x 400g (14oz) tubs of Renshaw
  Vanilla Frosting


• Renshaw Modelling Paste: white


• edible glue


• Renshaw Ready-to-Roll Icing:
  black, yellow
  EQUIPMENT


• Lakeland 12-Hole Loose-Based Mini
  Sandwich Tin


• ‘Get A Grip’ piping bags


• daisy icing cutters


• Wilton® 2D flower nozzle

TECHNIQUES

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Step 1 – Bake and buttercream

Start off by making the cake sponges to a

recipe of your choice – You’ll need a standard

4-egg mix for the two sponges to make up

the bottom tier, and a 2-egg mix for the

sponges for the top tier – we used Lakeland

lemon curd sponge cakes (see page 37).

Once cooled, sandwich the paired sponges

together with vanilla frosting, crumb-coat

both tiers using a palette knife and smooth

the edges using a side scraper. Put in the

fridge and leave for 15-20 minutes for the

frosting to set.

Step 2 – Fashion the flowers

Roll out the white modelling paste and use

the daisy icing cutters to cut out three

flowers for the top of each cake. Roll a little

yellow icing into balls, then use edible glue to

attach these to the centre of each flower. Set

aside and leave to dry.

Step 3 – Build your bees

To make the bees, roll yellow icing into

12 little balls and shape with your fingers so

they’re fatter at one end and narrower at the

other. Roll black icing into thin sausages,

then attach around the bodies of your bees

using edible glue. For the wings, cut out

small circles of the white modelling paste

(you can use the base of a small icing nozzle

for this). Pinch at one side to make a slightly

cupped shape, then glue to the bees’ backs

and leave to set.

Step 4 – Let the pollination begin...!

Arrange the flowers on top of the icing,

then add a bee to each.

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