Frozen : Elsa Cake In Addition To Snowflake Cupcakes

This is a illustration of "Best set plans going haywire!" This yesteryear weekend was my daughter's 6th birthday. Obviously similar every picayune miss inwards this introduce time, my miss is crazy near Elsa too Anna from the film FROZEN! She wanted an Elsa cake for her birthday. You see, final year, I had made an Princess Aurora Cake for her birthday.So, I also acquiesced too accordingly planned a uncomplicated birthday political party for her too few of her friends on Sunday. She had a birthday political party inwards schoolhouse on Friday, for which I had made the snowflake cup-cakes! Boy, did the kids direct maintain fun or what! I had planned to larn everything ready on Saturday, hence that I could sit down dorsum too relax too taste the festivities on Sunday! Well ... That definitely didn't larn every bit I had planned! I had made the cake too cupcakes on Thursday night. All that was left to produce was to get together it too decorate it which would direct maintain been no large bargain had things happened the means I planned!!! You run into nosotros had a snowstorm on Thursday. I had to shovel snowfall too build clean the machine hence that I could sweat to my daughter's schoolhouse side yesteryear side day! The machine was one-half buried inwards snow! And I direct maintain never used a shovel inwards my entire life! You know where this is going, right??? Well, come upwards Saturday, my dorsum went out! I was literally stuck! I could non curvature forwards nor backwards. The hurting wrapped me similar a vice some my middle going anteriorly to my abdomen. I couldn't sit, stand upwards or walk! What was I going to do??? The buttercream frosting lay half-made inwards the stand-mixer on the kitchen counter; the pasta lay cooked on the stove too the cakes were nonetheless waiting to live assembled! I was helpless! Tears of despair rolled downwards my eyes! My hubby felt bad for me.. He said " don't worry, I volition larn a prissy cake from Costco too nosotros tin gild pizza for the kids!" Well, I didn't direct maintain much of a alternative , did I?? I decided to direct maintain an anti-inflammatory medication too slumber it off. I told myself that I volition figure it all, come upwards morning. My hubby rubbed my dorsum to brand me experience improve too hence set near cleaning too decorating the house.

I prayed for the hurting to larn away too slept through the nighttime too when I woke upwards it was 7 a.m. ! My dorsum was feeling much better!I had lost an hr due to daylight saving. We had moved our clocks an hr ahead 12.00 am. Sunday! The political party was to get down at 12 p.m.! Well, I but prayed too set out working! I decided that I was going to endeavour too brand the cake every bit my miss had her catch assault it too direct maintain it from there. I volition brand the pasta if at that topographic point is fourth dimension or else gild pizza! I position the cake together, frosted it, position it inwards the fridge too when I was waiting for the frosting to set, made the pasta too start kneading the fondant. The hardest purpose was rolling the fondant out. I prayed that it would live plenty to cove the cake too that it wouldn't tear! The guide for this cake was from the website: how to ready that.net.Ann had covered the whole doll amongst the fondant. As for me, I knew for sure I didn't direct maintain plenty fondant to whorl it that large too comprehend the cake. I decided to skip roofing the doll too but comprehend the cake too hence insert the doll. Well, needless to say, it did work, but I had to bargain amongst cracks inwards the pleats of the dress. I direct maintain tried to enshroud the flaws of the clothes amongst snowflakes placed strategically. Also, since my doll came amongst a plastic dress, I chose non to brand the bodice for the doll. I used what the doll already had on. I also chose non to brand the cape for Elsa for sheer lack of time. I didn't intend that my miss would attention anyways! This is far from my best cake. There are hundreds of flaws inwards this cake. But the bottom work is that my miss was super-thrilled too happy to run into her dream cake too all her picayune friends loved it too.. They couldn't halt going "Elsa, Elsa"! That I believe is " MISSION ACCOMPLISHED"!

The cake was made upwards of chocolate fudge cake too sprinkle vanilla cake. I made 2 9-inch cakes, 1 chocolate, 1 vanilla too the dome was made of chocolate fudge cake also too layered it .

Servings: 20-25

Ingredients:

For the chocolate fudge cake:

Boxed cake mixes: 2( I used Duncan Hines Chocolate Fudge Cake )
Eggs: 6
Water: 2 cups
Oil: 1 loving cup ( I used canola oil)

For the sprinkle vanilla cake:

Boxed cake mix: 1( I used Betty Crocker Funfetti Cake )
Eggs: 3
Water: 1cup
Oil: 1/2 loving cup ( I used canola oil)

For the buttercream icing:( to brand 2 1/2 cups icing)

Confectioners Sugar: iv cups
Butter : 1cup( at room temperature)
Vanilla essence: 1 1/2 tsp
Water/ Milk: 2 tbsp

For decorating the doll:

Light Blue ready to whorl fondant: 1 box ( I used Cake Boss)
Shortening: every bit needed to knead the fondant.
Corn flour: every bit needed to dust the travel surface.
White shimmer pulverization : 1 pocket-sized box ( I used Wilton)
Water: 2 tbsp

Method:

For the cake:

Preheat the oven to 350 deg F.

Assemble the dome shaped cake pan every bit per instructions.Prepare the dome shaped cake pan & the 2 9-inch circular pans yesteryear spraying non-stick spray. Keep it aside.

Prepare the cake batter every bit per instructions on the cake box.

Pour the cake batter into the dome- shaped cake pan until 2/3 rds full. Do the same amongst the 9-inch circular pan. Use the residue of the batter to brand cupcakes.

Place the dome- shaped cake pan on the centre rack of the oven too the circular pan on the lower rack .Bake for 45-50 mins or until a skewer comes build clean when inserted.If non done, bake for additional v mins too banking firm check again. Repeat this inwards v min intervals until the cake is done.

The circular cake was done inwards 20-25 minutes.

I did the same matter amongst the sprinkle-vanilla cake.

Remove the cakes out of the oven too allow it cool on the cooling rack for 15-30 mins.

Level all the cakes too travel along aside to cool completely earlier layering too icing them.

Insert the doll inwards the cakes too cutting out a circle from the centre of the cakes hence that the doll tin stand upwards for inwards there.

The Icing:

When the cake is cooling gear upwards the icing.

Take the butter too the vanilla essence inwards a bowl, whip it until soft peaks are seen.

Now add together sifted confectioners saccharide picayune yesteryear picayune too mix until good combined.

Add the H2O too mix well. Icing should live of medium consistency.

Add a few drops of Wilton royal blueish gel color to larn the desired blueish color.

Preparing the doll:

Take off the doll's costume & shoes too wind the doll inwards protective plastic wrap. Insert the doll into the cake until her hips.Remove the doll out too travel along aside.

Putting the cake together:
Place a sparse layer of icing on 1 side of the cake board .The icing volition travel along the cake inwards house too foreclose it from moving.

When cooled, invert the circular chocolate cake onto the cake board. Layer it amongst 1 inch thick layer of icing of your choice.

I used blueish vanilla icing that I had leftover afterwards frosting the cupcakes.Place the vanilla-sprinkle cake on overstep of the chocolate cake. Apply 1 inch layer of icing on this. Now house the dome- shaped cake on overstep of this.

Using a spatula, apply a 1/2 inch thick coating of icing some the cake.

I carved the cake inwards the front end to larn inwards expect apartment inwards the front end too the clothes bellowing inwards the back.

Keep it inwards the fridge for 3-4 hours or overnight.

The fondant dress:

When the icing is beingness set inwards the fridge, gear upwards the fondant cover.

Knead the blueish fondant inwards portions using a picayune shortening, until soft too pliable. Combine the pocket-sized portions together to larn inwards into 1 large ball.

Apply cornstarch on the travel surface( I used whorl too cutting fondant mat) too whorl the fondant to 30-35 inches circle.

Once the fondant has been rolled out too ready, direct maintain the cake exterior the refrigerator.

Using a pastry brush, gently brush H2O on the buttercream frosting. This helps the fondant to stick to the frosting.

Using the rolling pivot whorl the fondant on to the rolling pin.

Place the fondant on the cake too slow too carefully unroll it, roofing the cake every bit you lot unroll it.

Arrange the pleats on the clothes to your liking. Cut off the excess fondant at the base of operations using a paring knife.

Now stick the Elsa doll dorsum into the cake until her waist.

Using the excess fondant, whorl out a rectangle too larn inwards into a sash. Wrap this sash some Elsa's waist.

Mix 1 tsp white sparkle pulverization inwards 2 tsp H2O . With a sparse pigment brush pigment sparse lines on her clothes along the pleats.

Dust some sparkle pulverization on her dress.

Attach the snowflakes made earlier mitt from royal icing to the clothes every bit you lot please.

Apply a thick layer of royal icing on the cake board along the hem of her clothes to clit snow. Sorry, I didn't direct maintain fourth dimension to direct maintain pictures for these final stages every bit I was rushing to larn the cake done!

I made a "happy birthday Kavya" banner on a card-paper too placed it on her raised hands.

Voila ! Elsa is ready to direct maintain center-stage!

Enjoy! I am bringing this cake to my dearest friends at Angie's Fiesta Friday! My expert friend Jhuls@ the non hence creative cook too Mila@milkandbun are co-hosting this weekend. If you lot haven't been to Fiesta Fri yet, you definitely should! They are such a awesome grouping of wonderful people!

For the snowflake cupcakes:

I made three 1/2 dozen cupcakes: 2 1/2 dozen chocolate too 1 dozen sprinkle-vanilla from the batter used to brand the 9-inch cakes. I used one-half for the 9-inch cakes too one-half for the cupcake.

I lined the muffin-tin amongst foil cup-cake liners, filled them halfway too baked them at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

Let them cool completely.

Then frost the cake amongst blue-color frosting using a spatula. Place a snowflake on overstep of each cupcake!

For the snowflake:

Prepare Royal icing.

Using Wilton tip three pipage out snowflakes every bit desired onto a wax paper. Let it dry out overnight.

Cooking made easy:

Royal icing snowflakes tin live brand weeks ahead too stored inwards a airtight container inwards a cool house ( non inwards the fridge).

Tip for salubrious living:

To travel along the pare inwards your hands soft, exercise gloves spell doing dishes. Also moisturize your hands straightaway afterwards drying them.

Food for thought:

Every noble travel is at outset impossible. Thomas Carlyle