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Formula 1 Cake Design from Supper in the Suburbs
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Formula 1 Cake Design

This Formula 1 Cake is perfect for petrol heads and lovers of cars!
Total Time3 hours
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: British
Diet: Vegetarian
Servings: 16 people

Equipment

  • Small circular cutter
  • Small sharp knife
  • 12 inch cake board
  • 2 toothpicks
  • 1 sheet paper
  • Black and red pens

Instructions

  • Stick the bottom layer of your sponge cake to the cake board with a blob of butter cream.
  • Layer the two sponges together with a layer of buttercream then a layer of jam.
  • Cover the whole cake with the remaining buttercream and place to one side.
  • Pinch an amount of black fondant roughly the size of two golf balls and place to one side.
  • Knead the remaining black fondant well before rolling out into a large circle, big enough to cover the whole cake.
  • Gently place the black fondant over the cake and shape the icing to cover the sides without any gaps or creases.
  • Next, between the palms of your hands, roll half of the grey fondant into a short, fat sausage shape.
  • Place the grey fondant on to your work surface and roll out a long strip, long enough to go from one side of the cake to another.
  • Using your sharp knife, cut the grey fondant into the shape of a wiggly road.
  • Brush the top of the cake with a little edible glue and affix the road to the top and side of the cake.
  • Next, take just over 2/3rds of the white fondant and roll this into a long, thing sausage, that is almost long enough to surround the outside edge of the cake.
  • Roll this flat and trim to make a ribbon that will fit the bottom of the cake.
  • Brush the bottom of the cake with a little edible glue all the way round, and finish the bottom edge of the cake with the white fondant ribbon.
  • Roll out 2/3rds of the remaining black fondant and cut out tiny black squares, half the height of the white ribbon and stick on to the white ribbon, creating a chequered flag effect.
  • Pinch a little of the white fondant and roll out before cutting thin rectangles to stick to the grey fondant forming the road markings.
  • Next, take the red icing.
  • Pinch an amount the size of two grapes and place to one side.
  • Form the remaining red fondant into a triangle.
  • Pinch the triangle roughly half way up the sides and create a pointier, more narrow front, just like an F1 car.
  • Using the tip of your finger, poke a whole toward the back of the car.
  • Roll a pea sized amount of black and glue this into the hole - this is your drivers helmet.
  • Take a tiny pinch of white fondant, roll out and cut a small rectangle, small enough to be glued to the pea sized black fondant. Stick this to the pea sized black fondant creating a visor for the helmet.
  • Cut a tiny circular disk and glue to the narrow front of the car.
  • Using the edible marker, add a number to the disk. I used 44 for Lewis Hamilton and 30 for Chris' age.
  • Next take half of the remaining black fondant and cut out 4 small circular for wheels. I used a star icing nozzle to create the effect of spokes on the wheels.
  • Stick these to the side of the car using a little edible glue.
  • Finally, take the remaining red fondant and roll out two rectangles.
  • Using edible glue stick on to the front of the car, just under the nose, and one on the back behind the helmet.
  • Using 2/3rds of the blue fondant, repeat this process to make the second car.
  • Stick the two cars on to the road on top of the cake using a little edible glue.
  • Take the remianing grey fondant and shape into a podium.
  • Using the edible markers write 1, 2 and 3 on the different levels.
  • Stick to the back of the cake using a little edible glue.
  • Next, roll out the remaining white fondant and cut into an oval shape.
  • Repeat with the blue fondant cutting the oval slightly smaller.
  • Stick the white oval to the front of the cake, then the blue oval on top using a little edible glue.
  • Take your writing icing and pipe your message, this might be 'Happy Birthday' or the name of the birthday boy or girl!
  • Last but not least, make two little flags out of the paper and toothpicks, one with the formula 1 badge and the other in the style of a chequered flag.