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Alice in Wonderland cake ideas please!

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poshsinglemum · 07/04/2010 19:13

I'v e been inspired by some wonderful Alice in wonderland china that I saw in a shop the other day.
Anyways, I would like to make a cake for dd with an Alice theme but am not sure if it will be too tricky. I'm quite good at baking (boast) so I'm up for a challenge.
I was wondering if it would be possible to make a tea cup shaped cake by using a pudding basin? Would teh sponge rise?
I'd have the white rabbit, mad hatter and other character coming out of the cup made from icing.
Alternatively I could just bake a notrmal round sponge and decorate it with some Alice inspired icing characters.

I think it will be horridly complicated but I feel like a new baking project.

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taffetacat · 07/04/2010 20:15

What about the hatter's top hat? Tall cylindrical cake with thin base. Ribbon around and a card tucked in the side. Maybe a fob watch on the side?

CheeryCherry · 07/04/2010 20:18

I recently did a round face of the Cheshire cat, carving white choc bottons for the teeth of that manic grin! DD loved it.

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poshsinglemum · 07/04/2010 20:51

Both sound really good. There's so much amazing imagery in the book that I think I need a few weeks of research to make a decision. I do love a cake project!

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janeite · 07/04/2010 20:53

Playing card and huge blue ribbon with an Eat Me sign on it?

Mad Hatter's tea table - round cake, white icing table cloth, tiny china tea set etc?

cakeywakey · 07/04/2010 20:56

If you make a teacup using maderia cake all will be well in a pudding basin and you'll find it easier to 'sculpt' any extras as needed if you make an extra cake in a normal tin. My Mum made cakes for years and always used her trusty maderia recipe. My favourite was my upright Mrs Tiggywinkle cake

Please post a pic when you're done and bump this thread - would love to see the final result whatever it is!

janeite · 07/04/2010 21:08

You know those pudding basin cakes where you stick a Barbie in it? If you followed a recipe for one of those (without the Barbie) and tipped it upside down, that should do for a teacup shape and a proper recipe for it (is it Madeira, not sure) would mean it would rise properly, whereas a sponge may not.

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poshsinglemum · 07/04/2010 21:56

OOOOh thanks people- can you please post me the madiera cake recipie cakey wakey.
I think that the round cake/mad hatters tea table might be the easiest and would look really effective too if iced well!

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Lifeinagoldfishbowl · 07/04/2010 22:01

are fab cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2010/02/sunday-sweets-alice-in-wonderland.html

Lifeinagoldfishbowl · 07/04/2010 22:03

these are fab

ByThePowerOfGreyskull · 07/04/2010 22:05

here

how about doing a couple of cups like this..

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poshsinglemum · 07/04/2010 22:21

OMG- they are lovely! I'm getting so excited and inspired-thank you! Royal icing is the way foward. I might sandwich it with jam and butter icing just to make it extra squidgy.

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ByThePowerOfGreyskull · 07/04/2010 22:24

OMG the first and last ones on the cake wrecks links are my favorites... perfect

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poshsinglemum · 07/04/2010 22:25

I think I am going for a tea party theme especially as I am obsessed with tea and tea sets. (twee granny emoticon)
Mad hatter suite me down to the ground too!
Must read the book again.
I love whimsical things.

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rockinhippy · 07/04/2010 22:30

or you could go for choc & choc chip cake, with Chocolate & White Chocolate Ganache icing, coloured to suit your design, .......

I make cakes, sometimes sell them too & I've always found that Chocolate/Ganache goes down far better for kids parties,...with a lot of adults too for that matter, & the ganache is just as easy to model, especially if you add icing sugar to it, so its a bit more fudge like

PlumBumMum · 07/04/2010 22:33

Oh I have a magazine somewhere with an Alice in monderland cake BUT its a house with her head sticking out the top and her arms and legs out the sides its really good

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poshsinglemum · 07/04/2010 22:36

Hi rockinhippy.

Would you care to share your recipie please or is it a trde secret?

I would need to colour it. Would that work?

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poshsinglemum · 07/04/2010 22:37

trade.

Is it possible to colour chocolate ganache?

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rockinhippy · 07/04/2010 22:53

basically its aproximately 1/4 melted unsalted butter, 1/2 melted white chocolate 1/4 mascapone cheese, melt it all slowly in a bowl over a pan of hot water, & then slowly whisk seived icing Sugar into the melted mix, until its aproximately the consistancy of cake mix...make sure you whisk it so that its etting fluffy & more air in it...it will thicken up & become more clay like as it cools, (you can always warm it again & add more icing sugar if its not quite right)....its not strictly speaking true ganache, but tastes similar, & moulds well

Sorry can't be more precise on weights etc, I tend to cook by eye & taste rather than recipes..........if this sounds too difficult, you could try googling chocolate fudge sweet recipes, its pretty similar to that, & that would work fine

& yes you can colour WHITE chocolate ganache, but bear in mind the mix will be slightly creamy, so adjust your colurs slightly to allow for that...& standard food colouring works fine....& you can use it to mix your own colours too

hope that helps

rockinhippy · 07/04/2010 22:54

mix so that its GETTING fluffy

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poshsinglemum · 08/04/2010 20:16

Thanks rockin. Sounds great!

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iwastooearlytobeayummymummy · 09/04/2010 19:37

If you are going to completley cover the pudding basin shape in icing you can bake the cake mix in a microwave oven on high power for about 6 mins
The cake will not brown but should rise well and is great to watch rise up through the glass door( I don't getout much!)
A 3 eggmix and an extra tsp of baking powder is enough fo a medium sized pyrex glass bowl
You do need to grease the bowl tho'
I have done this lots of time for golden syrup and jam sponge puds, and also did the same to make one of daughter's cakes, back in the day.
sounds like lovely theme.

cakeywakey · 10/04/2010 09:37

Hi Poshsinglemum sorry not to have got back to you earlier. My Mum agrees with Iwastooearly that you need a three egg mix:

For a 2pt bowl/pudding basin she uses a 7" round or 2lb loaf tin mix.

6oz butter
6oz caster sugar
3 eggs
3oz plain flour
6oz self-raising flour
Juice and grated rind of one lemon

Heat oven to gas mark three/160C/325F

Grease the bowl and add a circle of greaseproof paper to the bottom to make it easier to get the cake out later.

Cream butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy
Beat eggs and mix into butter mixture a little at a time with the combined and sieved flours
Add lemon juice and rind

Pour mix into greased bowl, making a good-sized well in the middle to allow for rising.

Wrap newspaper around the bowl to keep heat in (apparently it works!) and put into the middle of the oven.

Bake for around 75 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. A knife run around the sides of the bowl once cake is cool should help to release it if it's being stubborn.

Hope this helps - and please do post pics once you've made the cake. Would love to see it

zinga · 17/05/2010 00:40

Hi there, I'm having an AIW party and wondered whether I could see your cake? How did you entertain your dd and her friends..any tips?

zinga · 17/05/2010 00:45

Hello PumBumMum, can you recall where you may have seen this cake with alice coming out of the house? Sounds brilliant.

FancyALittle · 20/05/2010 20:51

How about one like this? Alice-inspired but no fiddly icing. frolickingfoodie.blogspot.com/2009/06/un-birthday-cake.html