Attack on Titan / Shingeki no Kyojin - Mikasa Cake Tutorial
Attack on Titan - Mikasa Ackerman - Shingeki No Kyojin - cake tutorial. Enjoy!
You will need:
A cake (mine was just a cake box mix and came with icing - I used the icing to make a crumb coat and was able to adhere the fondant to the cake. If not you will need to make buttercream frosting and apply thinly on the cooled cake before adding the fondant)
Fondant (mine was pre-made but you can make your own)
A cake board
I used gel and powdered food colouring (you can use only powder which works even better than the gel)
Petal dust (optional)
Good brushes (ones that won't leave bristles or bristle marks behind)
Water
Vodka (I used probably 50ml but unsure on that amount. You don't need too much)
Mixing dishes or a painter's palette
A reference picture and a to-size image that you want on the cake
A knitting needle or skewer (something that will make an imprint through the image and onto the cake)
Paper towels
A whole lotta time
Creativity
Tutorials I watched in order to make this cake:
Shawna McGreevy - • How to Paint an Edible Picture: Painting o...
Jane Asher - • Covering a round cake board with icing
If you want your cake to rise flat (I learned after I had made this cake - it baked with a dome that I had to cut off hence why it is so small in height), you must grease and then FLOUR the sides of the cake tin so that the cake has something to grip to whilst rising.
On top of that it is recommended to have a moist tea towel at the bottom of the oven or shred a towel into strips, moisten the strips and use a safety pin to attach it around the cake tin.
I got super anxious about having a tea towel in the oven (I did the tea towel at the bottom of the oven method) so had to add water halfway through baking as it seemed to dry out (and I really did not want it to catch on fire). BUT cake forums have recommended the towel around the tin method as the water in the towels creates steam which helps the cakes to rise full and flat. Just google "how to get a flat cake"... or something to that effect.
I used vodka for the painting as it evaporates leaving only the colour behind so it is safe for children to eat.
Just remember to have fun!
If you get colour on the white fondant that you want to erase, get that sucker off with some extra vodka on a paper towel and lightly get off as soon as possible.
If the colour that you wanted to put on is too dark, put the whole coat on and then do another coat straight away with only vodka and periodically brush the excess colour off of your brush and onto a paper towel. You are effectively painting the colour in reverse... if that makes sense.