All your guests will think youve been secretly taking extreme baking lessons when you create a fanciful cake that looks like it took hours - or an expert - to make! The cake is absolutely breath-taking to view, yet is so simple to create, but that doesnt mean you have to tell everyone! A doily cake is a beautiful thing and its appropriate for many different occasions. Its stunning at a wedding, perfect for an anniversary - its so lovely you can serve it on holidays or any other occasion! Youll be using powdered sugar as the decorative touches to the cake so a dark background is ideal. But, if powdered sugar will show up on the cake, you can use it as the decoration. Chocolate cake is ideal. Bake any chocolate cake, in two round cake pans, and allow them to cool completely. Stack them as-is or spread a bit of frosting on one and stack the other.
Doilies used to be tatted at home but now you can purchase them at a craft store. Theyre made from paper and you can get several in a pack for a buck or two. One of these is just what you need to fool all your guests into thinking youve been taking cake decorating classes. Itll look like you spent hours decorating the cake! A paper doily is solid white but has been hole-punched to create various designs on it. Generally, though, the center is a solid piece of paper with no hole punches. Use the doily as-is or use a hole punch to create even more designs - particularly in the center.
Lay the doily on the cake and center it. Its helpful if you have a shaker for the powdered sugar to make sure it distributes evenly on the cake. Use a parmesan cheese shaker, or something similar, for best results. Shake the powdered sugar on the cake so that it lands on the doily, in the holes, and around the doily. When you can no longer see the top of the cake carefully lift and remove the doily. Take care not to spill the powdered sugar from the doily onto the cake. It can be a little tricky so its a good idea to have someone lift one side of the doily while you lift the other side. If you make a small mistake on the design simply wipe it off with a barely-damp paper towel. As beautiful as a doily is, thats how beautiful the top of the cake will look. Its amazing to see the stunning designs made by something so simple as powdered sugar! See a powdered sugar cake decoration here: http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/birthday-cake-toppers?lpgStart=1?tslide=7?tChapter=1
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