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Ingredients
Cake
- 200 g unsalted butter, cut into pieces and softened, plus extra for greasing (see Tips)
- 680 g plain flour
- 540 g white sugar
- 2 tbsp baking powder
- 2 pinch salt
- 500 g full cream milk
- 2 tsp natural vanilla extract
- 4 eggs, room temperature
Buttercream icing
- 250 g icing sugar (see Tips)
- 120 g unsalted butter, cut into pieces and softened
- 2 tsp boiling water
- ½ tsp natural vanilla extract
Fondant
- 80 g water
- 6 tsp gelatine powder
- 200 g glucose syrup
- 30 g glycerine (see Tips)
- 1240 g icing sugar, plus extra sifted for dusting (see Tips)
Colouring fondant
- food colouring of choice (approx. 5 colors)
Modelling paste
- ¾ tsp tylose (see Tips), plus extra if needed
- vegetable shortening (Copha®)
- sugar glue (see Tips)
Assembly
- sugar glue (see Tips)
- Nutrition
- per 1 portions
- Calories
- 5048.8 kJ / 1202.1 kcal
- Protein
- 11.5 g
- Carbohydrates
- 236.4 g
- Fat
- 28 g
- Saturated fat
- 17.4 g
- Fiber
- 2.2 g
- Sodium
- 311.2 mg
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