Birthday present cake

Birthday present cake

4.8 5 ratings

Prep. 3 h

Total 4 h

14 portions

Ingredients

Pink food colouring

raw beetroots
75 g
water
70 g

Sponge cake

unsalted butter softened, plus extra for greasing
310 g
white sugar
280 g
orange zest only, no white pith
1
eggs
6
plain flour
225 g
self-raising flour
80 g
full cream milk
2 tbsp

White fondant icing

water
40 g
gelatine powder
3 tsp
glucose syrup
100 g
glycerine (see Tips)
15 g
icing sugar plus extra for dusting
620 g

Pink fondant icing

water
25 g
gelatine powder
3 tsp
glucose syrup
100 g
glycerine
15 g
icing sugar plus extra for dusting
620 g

Buttercream icing

icing sugar
250 g
unsalted butter cut into pieces (2 cm)
125 g
boiling water
2 tsp
vanilla bean paste
½ tsp

Assembly

jam (flavour of choice)
2 tbsp
icing sugar for dusting
water for brushing

Difficulty

advanced

Nutrition per 1 portion

Sodium 220.8 mg

Protein 7.2 g

Calories 3785.6 kJ / 901.3 kcal

Fat 30.2 g

Fibre 1.1 g

Saturated Fat 17.7 g

Carbohydrates 158.8 g

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