Fondant lemon cake#fondant challenge

Name: Fondant lemon cake#fondant challenge
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: Lemon cake; 200 g sugar; 200 g margarine; 400 g self raising flour; 4 eggs; Juice and rid of 1 lemon; 1 cup sour cream; buttercream; 125 g margarine; 300 g icing sugar; 2 TBS milk or cream; 1 tsp vanilla extract; fondant; 2 tsp gelatin; 1/4 cup cold water; 8 cups sifted icing sugar; 2 TBS shortening; 1 tbsp glycerine; 1/2 cup glucose powder; 1 tsp vanilla extract

Catherine Njoki @cook_12310061

After Achieng's class I have been doing research n exploring on Fondant and to be sincere its been a game changer. Am no longer afraid of Fondant.

Catherine Njoki @cook_12310061

After Achieng's class I have been doing research n exploring on Fondant and to be sincere its been a game changer. Am no longer afraid of Fondant.

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Ingredients

Lemon cake
200 gsugar
200 gmargarine
400 gself raising flour
4eggs
Juice and rid of 1 lemon
1 cupsour cream
buttercream
125 gmargarine
300 gicing sugar
2 TBSmilk or cream
1 tspvanilla extract
fondant
2 tspgelatin
1/4 cupcold water
8 cupssifted icing sugar
2 TBSshortening
1 tbspglycerine
1/2 cupglucose powder
1 tspvanilla extract

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Steps

1

Follow my lemon cake on the app for procedure.
2

Assemble your cakes and crumb coat with buttercream.
3

Prep your ingredients
4

Bloom gelatin in 1/4 cup water in a steel bowl let it sit till well bloomed
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Melt the gelatin, then add glucose,vanilla and glycerine stir to mix well
6

Add shortening and mix till dissolved.set aside to slightly cool then prepare a well in the icing sugar divided 4 cups first the rest you add as you knead
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Pour gelatin mixture in the sugar and mix with a wooden spoon then transfer on a surface continue kneading with hands as you add icing until a dough like if formed and its not sticking to your hands.
8

Divide the fondant and color if using powder mix with a drop of glycerine and Color your fondant kneading well to incorporate the colours. Rub some shortening on the fondant and wrap with a cling film n let it rest.
9

When using the Fondant to cover cake knead again and roll on a floured surface with icing or cornflour keep turning to ensure it doesn't stick. I forgot to take the picture of my green fondant but I have this one below of another step.
10

Lift your Fondant carefully and place it on top of cake then use a smoother and your hands to smoothen the sides. Cut excess fondant
11

I rolled my gold fondant and cut the ribbons with a ribbon cutter I also embossed the flowers.use little water to brush the bottom part of the fondant where to place the ribbons.
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White Flowers I cut the strips with ribbon cutter and made ruffles with a modelling rod then rolled to make roses the other I used a plague cutter
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Place your Flowers on the cake for finishing.