Our fake bakes have now got a new home - StoryBakes.com!
Moving my beloved Fake Bake series to my children's baking books website makes the most sense. It's an activity I love doing with my six year old boy, X-Ray. Of course, we love baking and cooking from scratch together, but when I'm feeling lazy and tired, a bit of fake bake fun is a welcome change.
A few weeks ago, we decided on a carrot cake fake bake from Sainsbury's. X-Ray wanted it to be like a wedding cake - a cake with multiple levels (aka tiers). As much as I love a challenge, making a 2-tier wedding cake seemed like a stretch on a £10 budget. Our £10 budget didn't really go very far in the shop either.
But I think we pulled it off!
So much so, that I posted the finished result on my bakery Instagram page, asking followers how much they'd pay for the cake (pretending it's a new and exclusive design). Even the harshest of critics suggested £80! Hah!
Here's how we fake baked it!
Ingredients
2x Ready-made carrot cakes
1 tub of cream cheese style frosting
2x mini Lindt chocolate bunnies
Sugar carrot cake decorations
Method
1. Smear a dollop of frosting on a plate or cake board to secure one of the cakes on. Pick off the walnuts and reserve. Smooth frosting over the top and sides with a palette knife and scraper.
2. Use a cookie cutter to cut out the top tier and place on top of the bottom tier. Cover the top and sides with buttercream using the palette knife and scraper. Crumble the cake off cuts and sprinkle along the base of the tiers.
