My house-mate's birthday was coming up just as she was heading off to New York so a Tiffany's Cake seemed the most apt idea for a cake for her.
I generally start of with white icing and use dyes to make the exact colour I need as I never seem to find the right ones. The exception to this is black as it takes a lot of black/black extra dye to get that a jet black colour. As this cake consisted of 2 square cakes, both of which had to be covered in the exact same colour I had to make a lot of the same colour. For icing it is advised to use 2 paddles to ensure a very smooth edge and also to help with those tricky corners.
I was originally going to stack these cakes and make it like a box. However, I got a bit of a crazy idea to turn them slightly as if the box has already been open. I loved this idea as a lot of cakes have to be so precise that it was fun to make a cake in a little more casual style. The white icing which I made to look like tissue paper really added to it in my opinion.
What would a present from Tiffany's be without a bow?? The trick with bows is to let them set before placing on a cake. The style of the logo is a really iconic one and one that is very hard to copy free hand. I really need to invest in some good letter moulds which I feel would have finished this cake of so well. I also wished I had used a slightly bigger drum to show it off a little better. Out of all the cakes I have made this is still one of my firm favorites.
Deliciously Yours,
Laura x
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