Novelty and Fantasy Cakes Recipes - Sun Cake

Ingredients

• 2 x 20 x 5 cm sponge cakes

• 25g unsalted butter

• 450g sifted icing sugar

• 120ml apricot jam

• 30ml water

• 2 large egg whites

• 1-2 drops glycerin

• juice of 1 lemon

• yellow and orange food coloring

• 40cm square cake board

• fabric piping bag

• small star nozzle

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Method:

1. Cut one of the cakes into eight wedges. Trim the outsides to fit round the other cake. Make butter icing with the butter and 25g/1oz/2 tbsp of the icing sugar. Place the whole cake on a 40cm/16in board and attach the sunbeams with the butter icing.

2. Melt the jam with the water and brush over the cake.

3. For the icing, beat the egg whites until stiff. Gradually add the icing sugar, glycerin and lemon juice, and beat for 1 minute. Tint yellow and spread over the cake. Tint the remaining iciI1g bright yellow and orange. Pipe the details on to the cake.