Mum and Baby Koala Cake by Molly Robbins
We asked Molly Robbins from Molly’s Creative Cakes to design and create a very special cake to celebrate Mother’s Day and this adorable Mum and Baby koala cake is perfect š Here’s what Molly had to say about the inspiration behind her cute creation:
“For this Motherās Day celebration cake, I was inspired by the instinctual love and care between animals and their babies, especially koalas, as the mum’s carry their babies until they are a year old. I wanted to make something cute and eye catching for an alternative to flowers this Motherās Day!”
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Decorating ingredients
- 1.5 kg Renshaw Extra White Marshmallow Flavour Icing
- 250 g Renshaw Black Extra Icing
- 250 g Renshaw Fuchsia Pink Icing
- Renshaw Dark Brown Icing
- Rainbow Dust Powder Colour Black Magic
- Rainbow Dust Powder Colour Shadow Grey
- Rainbow Dust Powder Colour Snow Drift
- Rainbow Dust Edible Paint Metallic Peacock Blue
- Rainbow Dust Edible Glue
- Rainbow Dust Edible Glaze
- Rainbow Dust Edible Glaze Cleaner
- Molly's Creature Creator Cake Standing Style
Renshaw products used
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Instructions
Prepare your Equipment:
Step 1
You will need: 12 inch round cake drum, Rolling pin, Sweetstamp Bubblegum set, Brushes, Knife, Dresden tool
Decoration:
Step 5
Use the Sweet Stamp set to select your letters for the message, arrange around the board.
Step 10
Roll out 850g of grey paste to approx. 35cm long and 25cm wide, wrap around the cake and pinch excess at the back to create a seam.
Step 11
Trim off excess with scissors or a sharp knife and use a smoother or the heel of your hand to blend the seam. Trim around the base.
Step 14
Flatten the oval shape slightly and use edible glue to attach to the right hand side of the mother koalaās body as shown.
Step 15
Add the head, use edible glue to secure it to the babyās body, and the motherās chest.
Step 16
Roll out two x 10cm thick carrot shapes of grey paste to create the mother koalaās legs.
Step 17
Attach the legs to the bottom leg contour of the Creature Creator cake, using edible glue.
Step 18
Form the motherās arms from grey sugar paste, make 15cm long carrot shapes as shown which taper off to a narrow point.
Step 19
Attach the arms at the thickest point to the shoulder contours, wrap around the body and attach to the babyās body using edible glue.
Step 20
For the mother koalaās feet, roll out two x 4cm balls of grey and flatten slightly into pebble shapes.
Step 21
Use the thin end of a Dresden tool to mark three lines in the top of each foot to make separate toes.
Step 23
Roll out a 2cm ball of grey for the koalaās hand and squash slightly. Use the thin end of the Dresden tool to mark out four fingers and soften.
Step 25
Roll out a 4cm piece of grey paste to create a sausage shape to form the baby koalaās arm.
Step 27
Attach the arm to the shoulder of the baby koala, and onto the mother koalaās chest, attach the back leg and then add the motherās hand over the babyās body.
Step 28
Use your fingers or a ball tool to mark out eyes halfway down the heads. The babyās should be around 3cm apart, and the motherās around 6cm apart.
Step 29
Fill the eye sockets with small circles of white paste to create a background for the eyes.
Step 30
Roll out two x 5cm thick pebbles for the motherās ears, and 2cm pebble for the babyās visible ear, flatten the outer edge slightly using the heel of your hand.
Step 31
Attach each ear using the thick part to attach to the head, using edible glue. Blend the join using fingers or a Dresden tool.
Step 34
Flatten slightly and attach to the centre of the face as shown, mark nostrils using a Dresden tool, repeat with the babyās nose.
Step 38
Roll out two sets of eyes, two x 1cm brown balls, two x 4mm black balls and two tiny white highlights.
Step 39
Attach the brown eyes, flatten the black balls into circles and attach to the brown parts, put the pupils so that each koala is looking at the other. Add a small white highlight to the upper right hand corner of each eye.
Step 40
Roll out white tapered sausages, around 2cm long, to make small eyelids around the top and bottom of each eye.
Step 41
Use the thin end of a Dresden tool to mark hair strokes all over the ears and head of the baby.
Step 42
Add fur texture to the ears, arms and body of the mother koala, as well as the face, back and legs.
Step 48
Add black to add shadows, inside the ears, around the limbs, neck and underside of the cake.
Step 50
Add some clear alcohol to the white dust to create a paint. Use this to add a light highlight on top of the fur and bring it to life.
Step 51
Add edible glaze to the eyes, nose and claws for a realistic glassy effect. š Top Tip: Use Rainbow Dustās Glaze Cleaner to avoid having to throw away your brush.
