How to make a slab cake#christmasrevival

Name: How to make a slab cake#christmasrevival
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 4 square cakes that are 2.5kgs; 7 kgs Kenafric icing sugar fondant; 1 tsp blue colour; 1 tsp yellow colour; 1 tsp pearl white lustre dust optional; 1 tsp vanilla essence or vodka; 1 meter ribbon; 1 metre bling; 1/2 cup honeyor apricot jam; 1 fondant smoother; 1 bead maker mould; 1 board; 1 roll aluminum foil

Nyambura Mukururi @cook_9946662

Nairobi

I have soo many people asking me how do you make a slab cake and here is the recipe.Mine was 10 kg

Nyambura Mukururi @cook_9946662

Nairobi

I have soo many people asking me how do you make a slab cake and here is the recipe.Mine was 10 kg

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Ingredients

4square cakes that are 2.5kgs
7kgs Kenafric icing sugar fondant
1 tspblue colour
1 tspyellow colour
1 tsppearl white lustre dust optional
1 tspvanilla essence or vodka
1meter ribbon
1metre bling
1/2 cuphoneyor apricot jam
1fondant smoother
1bead maker mould
1board
1roll aluminum foil

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Steps

1

Prepare your fondant and put it in a plastic bag and tye it with a string to keep it soft
2

Measure the length of two cakes stuck together and the width of one cake
3

Get a board made from your carpenter that is two inches bigger than the length of two cakes stuck together and width of one cake plus two inches.
4

Cover the board with aluminium foil and secure with sealtape
5

Trim the top of all the cakes apply honey or apricot jam all over the cakes this will help the fondant stick on the cake place on the board
6

Knead your fondant again till it is smooth and cut out a piece enough to Roll out to cover the long side
7

Cover one long side with fondant tucking it in gently
8

Smoothen with a fondant smoother till smooth
9

Repeat this process for all the sides
10

Measure the length and width of the remaining cake that isnt filled with cake and roll out enough fondant to cover the top
11

To make the flowers colour some two rolls of fondant with blue and yellow colour and use a plunger cutter to cut out the flowers
12

Stick the flowers on the sides of the cake to hide any joints of fondant
13

To make beads dust your bead mould with a little corn flour
14

Roll your blue fondant into a sausage like shape
15

Press it on the bead mould and roll it in with your rolling pin to make sure all holes have fondant
16

Cut the excess fondant all around the mould and trim the top and put the mould in the frezzer for 15 minutes to harden the beads then remove them from the mould
17

Put your edible picture and Arrange them round your picture
18

Dilute the pearl white dust in vanilla or vodka and apply it on your beads to give them a shine
19

Steam your cake or apply vegetable oil all over the cake to make it shine