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The famous cat and mouse both have good, solid
shapes, without fiddly bits, that are easy to cut from a cake. To
achieve a furry effect, use a fork or flat knife to peak the royal
icing - but work fast, it dries out surprisingly quickly. It's
simple, just follow our
Tom And Jerry Cake Recipe and you
will be soon receiving lots of love from your kids :)
Ingredients for Tom
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1 12in x 10in (30cm x 25cm) cake
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apricot glaze
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1lb 8oz (680g) royal icing (later on this page)
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1lb (450g) fondant: 7oz (200g) white; 4oz (115g) black; 4oz (115g) pink; pinch of red
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a few strands of spaghetti
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food-colouring
pastes: black, pink, red, and (optional) violet
Method
Level off cake if necessary and turn
upside down. Using a traced template, cut round Tom's outline and
place the cake on a board. Brush the cake with apricot glaze.
Cut out separate templates of his
face and ear. It is a good idea to cut out two of each - one set to
be positioned on top of the cake and kept in place with pins (Pic.
1) and the other to be kept for cutting out fondant.
Colour the royal icing grey with
some black food colour. (Try adding a little violet as well to give
it more depth of colour.) Spread it on to the sides and top of the
cake, right up to the edges of the templates. Use a fork or knife to
give the icing a round, furry finish while still wet.
Roll out the white fondant and cut
out Tom's face from the second template. Remove the template on the
cake and replace it with the fondant face. Knead together any
surplus white fondant and mould a round white nose (see photograph).
Stick it on top of the face with a little water.
Cut out an ear from pink fondant
and, again, position it in place of traced template.
Roll a blob of black fondant into
a small ball to finish off the tip of the nose. Roll out some more
black fondant and cut out two eyes, two eyebrows, and a mouth. Stick
in position. Make some tiny strips of fondant to indicate a cheek
and shoulder.
Make a pinch of red fondant into a
tongue and stick it on the mouth.
Make some highlights for his eyes
and nose from white fondant. Paint on the outline of the eyes in
black (see photograph).
Finally, break off some strands of
spaghetti, paint them black, and push them into Tom's cheeks.
Ingredients for Jerry
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1 9in (22.5cm) square cake
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apricot glaze
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1 lb (450g) royal icing
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15oz (425g) fondant: 6oz (170g) white; 4oz (115g) black; 4oz (115g)
pink; pinch of red
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a few strands of spaghetti food-colouring pastes: black, pink, red,
and chestnut brown
Method
Proceed in exactly the same way as for
Tom, but colour the royal icing chestnut brown instead of grey.
Royal Icing:
1 Ib icing sugar
2 egg whites
Method
Finely sift the icing sugar. Whisk the egg
whites until frothy and add the icing sugar 1 tablespoon at a time,
beating thoroughly between each addition. Continue this beating
until the mixture will stand in peaks. Add flavouring and color if
wished. Keep the bowl covered with a damp cloth when piping.
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