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Aurora Cloud Cake

A cloud cake topped with fondant, clouds and airbrushed with the Northern Lights

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/aurora-cloud-cake • Posted by Cat Morley

Airbrushed with the Northern Lights and topped with tiny fondant clouds, this show-stopping cake is sure to outshine any night!

You will need

Project Budget
Reasonably Priced

Time

1 h 30

Difficulty

So-so
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Description

Airbrushed with the Northern Lights and topped with tiny fondant clouds, this show-stopping cake is sure to outshine any night!

Instructions

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    Cream together the sugar and butter. `Beat in each egg, one at a time and then add the vanilla. Sift in the flour and mix well. Divide into two greased cake tins and bake at 180'c for 40 minutes. Beat together the icing sugar and butter to make the icing and then add the soya milk. Spread the top of one cake with icing and place the second cake on top. Spread the top and edges of the whole cake with a thick layer of buttercream.

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    Roll out the blue fondant.

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    Lay the fondant over the cake, smoothing down at the edges and cutting excess icing from the bottom.

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    Sprinkle the top of the cake with star sprinkles.

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    Prepare the Squires Kitchen Airbrush Kit.

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    Starting with green food colouring, spray a line or two down the middle of your cake.

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    Now using red food colouring, spray some smaller lines around the cake, blending nicely into the green.

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    Roll out some royal icing and use a cloud cookie cutter to cut lots of little clouds.

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    Brush a little bit of buttercream on the back of each cloud and then position on the cake.

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    Dust with a few more star sprinkles and serve!