Cake
Description
Homemade baked goods for tea. The recipe for the "volleyball" cake is certainly not the easiest, but the dessert turns out so beautiful! And the birthday person's eyes, shining with surprise and gratitude, will surely make up for all the nerves you spent making it. After all, what could be better than that? So let me tell you. Serve cooled or slightly warm.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. First, we'll make a round-shaped cake. It's simple: use your favorite recipe, but make the cake narrow yet tall. Once it has set, trim off the excess to form a sphere.
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Step 2
2. Let's make a template for decoration, as shown in the picture. To do this, measure the cake's circumference (mine was 59.2 cm). Divide this length by 4, resulting in 14.8 cm. This will be the side of the square in your template. Use your cake's circumference to create a corresponding template.
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Step 3
3. Cut out paper pieces precisely along the lines. Knead the fondant with your hands, place each template piece onto the fondant, and use a pastry knife to cut out an identical fondant piece. Chill all the pieces slightly in the refrigerator, then start arranging them onto the cake. I also covered the cake itself all around with fondant, but a more yellow one, to prevent it from falling apart.
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Step 4
4. Arrange the pieces as shown in the photo, and using something with a serrated edge (I used a pizza cutter), make the "seams" of the ball.
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Step 5
5. Dilute food coloring and decorate your "ball" as you like. By the way, you can use the leftover fondant to make additional cake decorations. Good luck!