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March 13, 2006
Novelty Cake No 1 : A Pot Of Mud
In the past 2 weeks my whims and fancies have shifted to the wonderful world of cake decorating. As I have mentioned before, I have been dawdling over the idea of baking a 'fun' cake for my son's 2nd birthday which happens to be next month. To achieve that with a certain flair, I need to practice and perfect my methods. As luck would have it, it was our 5th Wedding Anniversary yesterday and the ocassion called for a special cake. So a week ago I started scouring hundreds of Novelty Cake recipes and design ideas. The idea of the 'Dirt Cake' in a plastic flower pot intrigued me. But I wanted a proper cake, not a dessert ladled into a store-bought pot, which is what the 'Dirt Cake' really is.
After a bit of thought I braved the 'Pot Of Mud' Cake and it turned out quite nice. The idea was pretty straightforward and required minimum fuss on my part. I baked a Chocolate Mudcake in a deep souffle pan, to achieve the 'flower pot' shape. Next, I dug up the top to resemble loose, wet soil. The cake crumbs which I dug up were scattered at the base of the cake and decorated with raspberries and green marzipan leaves to get a garden 'look and feel'. I decorated the upper rim of the 'flower pot' with white marzipan trim and handmade blue marzipan flowers. I stuck an actual steel and wood mini spade in the mud to complete the cake.
Posted by Gel at March 13, 2006 9:05 AM
Comments
The cake has to be one of the best I've ever tasted, the icing was pretty much perfect. It looked exactly like a pot of mud with flowers and leaves all around it, not bad at all for a first attempt. Thank you for such a lovely yummy cake. I loved it and anyone who tries this will love it too.
Posted by: Nicky at March 31, 2006 4:33 PM
My friend wants to do this idea for her bridal shower, we can't find spades that size any where! When I saw this picture online I felt a glimmer of hope spades this size do exist! May I ask where you purchased it?
Posted by: emy lewis at August 6, 2007 10:32 AM
Hi Emy,
just saw your comment on the blog. that spade is actually part of my son's gardening set .... you will find miniature sized gardening tools [spades, forks etc ...] in the kid's outdoor toy section in most major toy shops or in hardware/garden shops where they might have small sets for little gardeners :). All The Best for your friends shower!!
Cheers!
Gel
Posted by: Gel at August 6, 2007 11:25 AM
