Fondant recipe | Wilton recipe | Kukskitchen

Fondant icing gives your cakes that wow-factor transforming a delicious homely cake to a spectacular piece of art. I have had my fair share of lucks and flops with various fondant recipes. The Wilton recipe is by far the best and I use it each time now.

What is needs is a few special ingredients that is not found in a day-to-day kitchen cupboard, for instance glucose syrup and glycerin. Luckily these are ingredients freely available in supermarkerts in this country. They can be found at the chemist's shop if you are in India.

Princess doll cake and a round up of this month's cakes | Kukskitchen

Here is a round up of all the cakes I posted in my blog in the month of August which also marks the first birthday of my blog.  Also are pictures of the beautiful doll my sister-in-law R made for her daughter's birthday while we were in Kerala. She had all the cake planned.  I got the opportunity to do the fondant icing on the cake. Thanks R. She is a great cook herself and frequently features in Keralan TV cookery shows.

Had a few hiccups in the process. The humid keralan climate made the fondant sticky and guey making it extremely difficult to get big sheets rolled out for the long dress at the back. We googled for remedies and now we know what to do for next time.( I think) :) I will post my recipe for fondant in another post. Watch this space.

Red velvet football cake | Kukskitchen

When I decided to do my month of cakes I knew instantly which cake would make the grand finale at the end of the month - the red velvet football cake. I made this for my dear dear son's fourth birthday when we invited his school and other friends over to a soft play centre. We had loads of fun that day. It was a football themed party - surprise! surprise!  The kids had a gala time with the care taker turned football coach 'training the young beckhams' how to score goals.