How to fix a broken cake baking disaster with flowers !
What to do when you have a cake baking disaster, and the cake sticks in the tin and breaks up !
So it was recently my mum's 80th birthday and i had been planning in my mind that i would bake her an " amazing ! " cake. I am not a regular cake baker but how hard could can it be ? I decided on a Lemon and Thyme Bundt cake after searching the internet for interesting recipes and set to work the day before her birthday. I followed the recipe exactly and watched it rising rapidly in the oven only to look again and see it collapsed right down. I could share the recipe but there is probably no point as this is more about rescuing it !
Cake stuck in tin 😔
As you can see it was stuck fast inside the tin although it was not actually burnt and actually tasted delicious !
So the answer was decoration baby ! I scraped it out and arranged the pieces as nicely as possible on a plate then set to with pimping it up with sugar flowers !
Firstly i made crystalized Rose petals using washed and air dried rose petals. These are very easy to make, just dip first in whisked egg white then dip in castor sugar and leave to dry and harden. They can be stored for many months once they are dry.
Washing rose petals.
Drying rose petals
Ingredients for crystalized flowers
Drying crystalized flowers
Next i made icing flowers , I decided on Royal icing flowers as they dry very hard unlike butter icing which are softer and i needed to transport them without another disaster !
I mixed Icing sugar and water and a little lemon juice in a piping bag and piped flowers using a flat piping nozzle. I mixed a few different pastel colours including yellow for the central stamens.
So once you have made a pile of icing flowers and crystalized flowers, simply make a jug of icing using icing sugar, lemon juice and water and pour it over the cake ring making sure it is not too liquid or it will run straight off ! Then decorate with your flowers! You could also add some fresh flowers !
My mum and her cake , and yes she thought it was funny !