6/06/2011

Bom Bon Cake




















Well for monday decorating class I had to bring a recipe for the bon bon cake, wich I have never try before. Let me tell yOu it ROCKS !!!

I used this batter for the  cake and some baby cupcakes (way too tired to take the pic)
Well , below it all I used for both cake and decoration.

Bom bOn cake

Ingredients:


  • 5 cups of AP flour
  • 1 oz of salt
  • 1/2 of baking powder
  • 13 oz of butter
  • 21 oz of sugar
  • 10 oz of sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • 12 oz of white chocolate
  • 13 oz of milk
  • 12 oz of chopped nuts
  • 3 oz of honey
  • 12 oz of dulce de leche



Directions:
  1. Warm milk with 3 oz of white chocolate, just until melted, let it cool and set aside.
  2. Combine dry ingridients
  3. Cream butter and sugar until creamy and fluffy
  4. Add eggs one by one
  5. Combine dulce de leche and honey 
  6. Incorporate with butter and mix a little 
  7. Star mixing alternating dry ingredients with milk.
  8. Incorporate the rest of the white cholate and chopped nuts.
  9. Bake at 350F for about an hour (It was a large cake)
  10. Let it cool

Swiss Meringue 

6 egg whites
13 oz of sugar
1 tsp of vanilla (optional)

Directions:
Heat egg whites and sugar watching it very closely not to coagulate. Heat just until sugar is dissolved.
Add vanilla
Beat until stiff peeks form.

Royal Icing:
  • 1 egg whites
  • 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
  • 1/2  teaspoon lemon extract
  1. Beat egg whites in clean, large bowl with mixer at high speed until foamy (use only grade A clean, uncracked eggs). Gradually add sugar and lemon extract. Beat at high speed until thickened. NOTE: When dry, Royal Icing is very hard and resistant to damage that can occur during shipping/handling.
  2. Colore as desired



Assembly of cake
  1. Choose a drawing and put in in a edible sheet (rice paper)
  2. Cover cake with meringe 
  3. Color your royal icing
  4. Outline the drawing
  5. with a tip #13 do little kisses to fill the drawing.
  6. Enjoy 


It's actually a pretti easy and it looks great !