Easy Bake Oven Mini Cake- (How-to)

How-to Easy Bake Oven CAKE This week we are Mixing-It-Up in the kitchen with a retro inspired cake in the shape of an easybake oven. It's the perfect cake to make for a birthday, house warming or just a fun idea! LOOK DOWN BELOW for all the materials you'll need. WHAT YOU NEED: Cake- 4 x 4" squares (cut from a sheet pan) Buttercream MATERIALS 4-inch cardboard Small serrated knife *1 pound of Lt. Blue Fondant (I mixed Teal and Wedding white) White fondant or gum paste *Pre-dyed fondant: black, brown, (or dye with gels) Brown gel Vodka Rolling pin Cornstarch Small ruler Fondant smoothers Vegetable shortening Brushes Paring Knife Scalpel Gum glue or egg whites Pastry Tips #: 5, 12, 804, 806, 808, Wilton 2C Silver luster dust Lemon extract *(Fondarific brand is suggested- http://fondarific.com/) STEPS: 1) Cut out cardboard 2) Cut out three 4 x 4-inch squares of cake 3) Fill with buttercream 4) Freeze cake 5) Trim cake to be a perfect square 6) Coat in buttercream and refrigerate 7) Roll-out (1 pound) Lt. Blue fondant and cover cake 8) Roll-out a square piece for the oven door- cut a square for the window, attach a black square of gum paste behind the window of the oven and attach. 9) Once attached emboss a line on top for "wooden" strip for knobs and make a line for "broiler drawer" 10) Make top of oven with left over Lt. Blue, make a rectangle detail with the back of a scalpel and vents on top of oven. 11) Cut-out all Silver details- door handle, knobs and clock Use tip #804 for four small knobs, #806 for 2 large knobs and oven handle is 2.5-inches long 12) Cut-out all Black details- Use tip #: #12 for four small knobs, #804 for two large knobs, Back of pastry tip #804 for four stove tops, clock, door handle strip, tip #5 for four extra buttons 13) Cut out white square for stove-top 14) Paint "wood" strip for front of oven 15) Assemble and make indents on "burners" with back of pastry tips More info: Website: http://www.confetticakes.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Confetti-Cakes/58556641151 Twitter: https://twitter.com/elisastrauss Craftsy: http://www.craftsy.com/instructors/elisa-strauss

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