Spaceship Cake

Name: Spaceship Cake
Prep time: 3 h
Cook time: 1 min
Total time: 3 h 1 min
Ingredients: 1 (20 cm/8 inch square) Madeira cake (1 cm thick); 175 g/6 oz Raspberry jam; 225 g/8 oz Buttercream; to taste Apricot jam (warmed, with a little water); 450 g/1 lb Marzipan; 900 g/2 lb Fondant icing; 450 g/1 lb Gum paste; 125 g/4 oz Royal icing (for gluing); to taste Food coloring (blue, straw, green, pink, silver, gold, etc.)

Create a whimsical spaceship-themed cake using Madeira sponge, jam-cream filling, and multiple icings.

3h 1m

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Ingredients

Madeira cake (1 cm thick) 1 (20 cm/8 inch square)

Raspberry jam 175 g/6 oz

Buttercream 225 g/8 oz

Apricot jam (warmed, with a little water) to taste

Marzipan 450 g/1 lb

Fondant icing 900 g/2 lb

Gum paste 450 g/1 lb

Royal icing (for gluing) 125 g/4 oz

Food coloring (blue, straw, green, pink, silver, gold, etc.) to taste

Instructions

Shaping the Cake

Cut the cake horizontally in half, sandwich with jam and buttercream, cut into two rectangular sandwiches, let rest for 2-3 hours, then cut into triangles to form the spaceship outline.

Covering with Marzipan

Spread warm apricot jam over the cake surface, cover with rolled-out marzipan, and let dry for 12 hours.

Covering with Fondant

Mark the areas of the cake that need icing and make cardboard templates. Roll out some fondant icing and cut according to the templates. Wet the marzipan and lay the fondant over it. Let dry for 12 hours.

Making Wings and Tail

Use cardboard to mark out the wing shapes, adding flaps. Roll out some gum paste and cut to the pattern. Dry at curved edges. Use the same method to make the opposite wing and straight tail.

Making Rocket Nozzles

Divide some gum paste into three portions, shape into cups, place in a plastic egg carton dusted with rice flour to set, unmold once dry, and attach to the tail as rocket nozzles.

Making the Radar Dishes

Roll out a small amount of gum paste and use a cutter to cut out 3 circles. Dry them in a shallow tin.

Decorating the Base

Tint some fondant icing deep blue and cover the cake board. Take additional fondant, knead in blue-green and cut out 1/4 circles for planets. Use a little pink icing cut into small circles for distant planets. Paint stars with silver-white color.

Assembly and Decoration

Use food coloring to paint patterns on the spaceship body, wings, and tail. Use royal icing to glue the wings, tail, radar dish antennae, and rocket nozzles. Adjust the angles and place on the decorated base.