I wanted to make something special for hubby birthday.After lot of thinking, I decided to make fondant cake. I wanted to try fondant cake for very long time but was bit scare of the process.I got the recipe from my friend and tried my hands on it. As you can see I didn’t get perfect frosting but then it’s only my 1st trial, but the cake tasted yum that my hubby finished half of the cake 🙂You can also make cream or butter frosting instead of fondant for this cake.
Egg less Basic Butter Cake Recipe:
Ingredients:
250 gms Butter
220 gms Castor Sugar
1/2 tsp Salt
200gms Silken Tofu
280 gms Plain Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1 tbsp Milk Powder
50ml Warm Water
Method:
- Preheat the oven and Grease the 9 inch baking tin.
- Beat the Sugar,Butter and Salt,in a mixing bowl,till light and fluffy.
- Cut the tofu into smaller pieces in a separate bowl.
- Beat it well,till it become soft and fluffy.
- Then mix the tofu mixture well with the butter mixture.
- Shift the Plain flour,Baking Soda and Baking Powder and mix them well with the tofu,butter mixture.
- Mix the Milk Powder with the warm water and then add it into the cake mixture.
- Mix it well and transfer the batter to the greased baking tin.
- Bake it for about 40-50mins.Check the cake by Inserting a tooth pick in the middle.If it comes out clean, the cake is ready.If not keep baking it for another 5 Min’s.
- Let the cake to cool down completely.Our Basic Butter cake is ready now.
Ingredients For Fondant:
1 tbsp and 2 tsp of unflavoured Gelatin
1/4 cup cold water
1/2 cup glucose
1 tbsp glycerin
2 and 1/2 tbsp Vegetable Shortening
8 cups of confectionery sugar
Any colours of your choice(i used violet,yellow,orange)
For Decoration:
200gm Whipping Cream
1/4 cup icing sugar
Method:
- Lets start our decoration,beat the whipping cream with icing sugar,till stiff beak.Layer the cake into two.Spread the cream evenly on one layer and close the other layer over the cream layer.
- Mix the gelatin with water and then double boil it.Add glycerin and glucose with the double boiled gelatin,mix well.You can add the colour if you want,but am going mix 3 colours.so am adding it later.
- In a mixing bowl,add the confectionery sugar,double boiled gelatin + glycerin+glucose mix and vegetable shortening.kneed the flour,till soft dough.
- I have separated 1/4 part of the dough for other decoration,keep aside.
- Then i have added few drops of violet colour into it.Use confectionery sugar as dusting,while rolling the dough.
- Here is our Fondant is ready for decoration.
- Dust the work surface with confectionery sugar and then roll flat the fondant,using the rolling pin.
- Take out rolled dough slowly over the rolling pin.
- Cover the cake evenly without forming the air bubbles.
- Cut the outer layer,using knife. Separate it out and keep it aside for making flowers.
- Use the uncoloured fondant which we kept aside and make it as a small balls.Keep it at the side as borders for the cake.
- Roll the dough which we have kept separately for making flowers and mix few drops of violet colour so that it appear more darker.Mix yellow colour and orange colour with the white fondant,separately.Using flower cutter,cut the flowers in different sizes,arrange it one above the other.In middle keep the small orange round ball.
- Apply piping jelly behind the flowers and arrange the flowers on top of the cake.Complete the decoration by giving the same white ball borders on the top.
- My daughter wants her contribution also in the cake.So i let her to write the wording for her father.
Here is the cake is ready for the party.
Here is a piece for you guys:)
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Enjoy Baking!!!
wow…Simply wow…Homemade fondant luks perfect and the recipe for the cake is too gud…Cake deco is awesome Prema…
wow…this is really amazing prema…lovely work done dear..really admire ur skills. keep it up.
beautiful..very pretty flowers…
Homemade Fondant cake right from the scratch looks gorgeous and perfectly done Prema…
வாவ்…ரொம்ப ரொம்ப சூப்பராக இருக்கின்றது…வாழ்த்துகள்…
டோஃபுவினை சேர்த்து கேக் செய்து அசத்திட்டிங்க…
Decoration கலக்கல்…உங்களுடைய குழந்தையின் கைஎழுத்து அழகாக இருக்கின்றது…
Wow..It’s fab Prema..Nice work..Never tried tofu myself..Tofu in cake sounds interesting..
The cake looks awesome,fondant work is very pretty!
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Awesome work there!! Love the eggless cake recipe. Thanks for sending it.
The cake looks awesome , love the recipe too !!!
OMG…fondant is awesome .. Hats off awesome cake..
Looks awesome…nice pictorial…:)
Cake looks soft, spongy, marvellous and very beautifully decorated.
fantastci work pream, hope ur hubby enjoyed to the core and great effort, wonderful clicks too
Cake looks fabulous…Lovely clicks.
Fabulous work of art.Gorgeous and delicious.
Great job dear..love it..beautifully decorated
Wow, your cake look so beautiful ! Just checked the butter cake recipe , I am curios the taste when you replaced egg with tofu , I Must try immediately! Sound healthy if compare normal butter cake .
Awesome looking cake…beautifully decorated…
What an elegant birthday cake!
You have done a fabulous job! The cake looks simply gorgeous 🙂
Superb!!!!! Nice spongy cake and beautifully decorated………..
Gorgeous, fabulous, superlative!!!! Everything is simply too perfect..Love it 🙂
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wanted to try my hands on fondant for a long time. thanks for the detailed explanation.
Truly classic:) Kudos to your patience and hardwork… The cake and the decorations looks like the work of a Professional Chef… well done girl:)
Reva
Lovely and beautiful decoration.. Good one prema..
That looks soo beautiful:-) Cant take my eyes off the cute little flowers:-)
Should definitively give us a tutorial on how u did those little beauties:-)
Great looking cake prema,its high time you take orders and atleast start a small time business 🙂 you will be popular with a cake shop soon then 🙂
amazing prema….romba nalla irukku…superb n greatttttt job!!!
Looks so professional…luved the stepwise too
வாவ்வ்வ் செம அசத்தலா இருக்கு,வயலட் ரொம்ப பிடிச்சிருக்கு…
Wow! This is simply picture perfect n a total stunner!! Would love to have a slice of this awesome cake ~ Kudos!
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Very very very beautiful cake:)
Beautiful Cake!!! Love the Colors!!!!! Raw cake batter was so eye-catching!!!!!!
Looks just so gud ..I love the colours ….great work dear
Wow!!!! looks very professional and delicious ….. awesome clicks..
Superb pass me the piece. Perfect.
Wowow, fabulous. cant say this is the first time fondant cake. looks perfect.Bookmarked the entire page. congrats on the effort u took 🙂 hats off !!
Good try Prema!
Awesome work dear,fabulous looking cake..
am always amazed at your cake decorating skills. thanks for this detailed recipes. will try this sometime.
cake looks colourful I haven’t made with silken tofu
this is amazing prema. u even made fondant from scratch!
awesome cake…i am trying this butter cake prema :)soon…will get back with u with the feedback 🙂
and i always feel easy with MMF…always wanted to try rolled fondant bcos of the long list of ingredients i keep postponing 😉
Prema, your cake looks very lovely. Beautiful shades of purple and so nicely decorated with the dark purple flowers. I am sure it taste as good as it looks. You hubby must be very happy!
wow.. .such good photography.. and very cute cake… looks very much tempting…. great job!
Simply mind blowing !!!! I would def try the butter cake, the Fondant looks daunting though 🙂
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I am impressed..so..totally impressive cake prema..hats off…:)
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Oh my God!!!! Super adorable cake… I trust your hubby would be super surprised on your efforts!
A total stunner, looks fantastic. Just one question, is there a substitute for gelatin? Can agar agar be used, any ideas?
This is really marvellous Prema…and I have never used tofu in cake…but I am sure it will add a nice texture to the cake..and fondant looks so pretty and perfect
sukanya
Prema you’re indeed a master baker.Cake looks fabulous.
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The cake look heavenly , everything is jus so perfect . I have always wanted to try out my hands on fondant but lack of easy availability here kept my spirits low for it. Thanks for sharing the fondant recipe , bookmarking it !!!
Great effort Prema…cake looks fantastic….
amazing prema!!!!!!!!!!!!!!what ever u do is always so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great job dear! Simply fantastic and beautiful…
The cake looks delicious for a first time effort!
total deliciousness, Prema! Love the lavendar color too 🙂
Cake looks so good,..:)
Violety Delight!!
very well done! confectioners sugar same as icing sugar ? pls reply. thanks
thanks muraligeetham.confectioners sugar is powdered sugar.
Thanks..
What is vegetable shortening? could i subsitute it with vegetable oil?
what is Vegetable Shortening ? could i subsitute it with vegetable oil?
What temperature do you preheat oven on. I have my cake in the oven on 180degrees. I hope it is correct? Batter is delicious by the way!!
yup 180 degree is fine…thanks!!!