piping bags,
fitted with a plain tube and a basket weave tube
powder food color
Method:
Cut a template
from card to the same size as the top of the cake,
fold it in half and cut along the fold. Roll out
pastillage fairly thinly and cut out two pieces for
the lid, using the templates as a guide. Leave to
dry.
Coat the top of the cake with
butter icing. Fill both piping bags with butter
icing and on the side of the cake and about 2.5cm/1in
on to the top of the cake, pipe a plain vertical
line, then pipe short lengths of basket weave across
the line. Pipe another plain line along the ends of
the basket weave strips. Pipe the next row of
basket weave strips in the spaces left between the
existing strips and over the new plain line.
Continue until the side of the cake and the area on
the top is completely covered.
Brush the
underside of the pastillage lid with powder food
color, then pipe a basket weave on top of the lid.
Divide the top of
the cake in half and pipe a line of basket weave
along this central line. Use two or three pieces of
pastillage to support each lid half in an open
position on the cake. Fill the area under each lid
half with chocolates or sweets and decorate with
ribbon.
Special Cakes
Recipes - Basket Cake Recipe
