STAR BIRTHDAY CAKE RECIPES

Steps:

• Bake chocolate cake in a 9 inch dome pan and let it cool completely.
• While it's cooling, make frosting.
• Once the cake has fully cooled down, slice it in half.
• Fill it will frosting.
• Then, ice the entire cake as smoothly as possible.
• Roll out black fondant and spread it over the cake. Cut off excess along the sides with a knife or pizza cutter.
• Roll out gray fondant and cut out a circle piece (about 3 inches) and add details to it with knife and some small circles and square pieces. Keep aside.
• Use the back of a spoon or your fingers to gently dig into the top side of the cake and make an indentation.
• Stick the circle piece here with some water.
• Roll out gray fondant again but this time, cut out rectangle pieces.
• Add details with a sharp knife and various sizes of circle decorating tips to create indentations.
• Use a paintbrush and some water to stick them on the cake.
• Steam the cake (with a steam iron) from a 1 foot distance and let it dry for about 10 minutes.
• Use silver edible spray to create a metallic finish.
• Roll out tiny balls of red and white fondant and randomly stick them on the cake for lights. Enjoy!

Steps:

• Lift the cake onto the cake board or a plate and cover with jam, marzipan and – brushing with water around the sides of the cake only – ready-to-roll icing. Trim at the base.
• Press star cutters gently into the icing, stopping when you get to the marzipan. Pull the star shapes out with the cutter, or ease it out with the tip of a knife. Stamp out a couple of small stars from re-rolled trimmings of icing (from icing the cake) and sit them inside the large star-shaped spaces.
• Sprinkle the gold balls into the gaps and tie the ribbon around the cake. Can be decorated up to a week ahead.