Trim the cake
into a kite shape, then split and fill with butter
icing. Place diagonally on the cake board and brush
with apricot jam. Cover with a layer of marzipan.
Tint 225g of
the sugar-paste icing pale yellow and cover the
cake. Make a template of the face, tie and
buttons and mark on to the cake with a cocktail
stick. Divide the rest of the sugar-paste icing
into four and Tint red, green, blue and black.
Cut out the features and stick on with water.
Pipe a royal
icing border around the base of the cake.
For the kite's
tail, roll out each Color separately and cut two 4 x
1cm lengths in blue, red and green. Pinch each
length to shape into a bow.
Roll the yellow
into a long rope and lay it on the board in a wavy
line from the narrow end of the kite. Stick the bows
in place with water. Roll balls of yellow
sugar-paste, stick on the board with a little royal
icing and press in the candles.
Children's Cakes
Recipes - Kite Cake Recipe
