Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network November 2015 | Page 37

Step 1: Crumb the cooled sponge cake into a large bowl and mix well with enough vanilla frosting to create a cake dough similar in consistency to a cookie dough. Roll out two cake balls with one slightly larger than the other. Thread them through the end of a cake pop stick, making sure you’ve dipped the tip of the stick with a bit of chocolate to allow adhesion Step 5: Wrap this around the snow man, making sure you have enough room to add eyes on later. Step 2: Refrigerate till chilled through Melt a bowl of white chocolate melts in a microwave, stirring constantly every 2030 seconds until it’s thoroughly melted Dip the prepared cake ball skewer into the bowl, using a spoon to scoop chocolate all over the cake balls to ensure they are fully covered Step 6: Affix a small red heart sprinkle to the end of the scarf. Step 3: Place on a baking sheet to dry Meanwhile, roll out red fondant into a disc shape. Thread this through the top of the cake pop stick to sit on top of the snow man Add a white fondant trim as shown. This forms the hat. Step 7: Pinch a small ball of white fondant and shape it into a tiny bird. Add another small red heart for its wings. Step 4: Roll out a short length of green fondant and trim to size. The blunt side of a knife or a toothpick can be used to score lines on the scarf Step 8: Using a bit of white chocolate, attach the tiny bird to the brim of the hat. Roll out a small red fondant ball and attach it for the nose Using black edible gel or marker, draw in its eyes to complete the look.