Clock-face Cakes
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Difficulty:
advanced
Difficulty
Preparation:
2 h.
Preparation
Ingredients
for
12
- For the cupcakes
- ¾ cup butter
- ¾ cup superfine caster sugar
- 3 eggs (beaten)
- 1 ¼ cups self-rising flour (sifted)
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 unwaxed Lime (finely grated zest)
- For the buttercream
- ⅔ cup white chocolate
- 0.333 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 4 tsps Lime juice
- green Food coloring
- To decorate
- 1 ¼ cups white Sugar paste
- powdered sugar
- 1 ⅔ cups yellow Sugar paste
- edible gold Sugar glitter (or gold food colouring)
- 1 black Food coloring
Preparation steps
1.
For the cupcakes: heat the oven to 180°C (160° fan) 350°F gas 4. Place paper cases in a 12 hole bun tin.
2.
Beat the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl until pale and fluffy.
3.
Gradually beat in the eggs, beating until fully incorporated into the mixture. Fold in the flour, salt and lime zest until blended.
4.
Spoon into the paper cases. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until golden brown and springy to the touch. Cool in the tins for 5 minutes, then place on a wire rack to cool completely.
5.
For the buttercream: melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering (not boiling) water. Remove from the heat.
6.
Beat the butter until soft and creamy. Sift in the icing sugar and beat well. Beat in the lime juice until thick and creamy. Stir in the chocolate and a little green food colouring until blended.
7.
Spread on top of the cakes.
8.
To decorate: roll out the white sugarpaste on a surface lightly dusted with icing sugar about 5mm|1/4" thick and cut out 12 small rounds for the clock faces.
9.
Roll 12 ropes of yellow sugarpaste about 5mm|1/4" in diameter and brush lightly with water. Wrap around the white sugarpaste rounds.
10.
Roll 12 thinner ropes of yellow sugarpaste and 12 tiny discs for the top of the clock. Make an indentation in the middle of the discs. Brush lightly with water.
11.
Wrap the thinner ropes between the clock face and the thick rope case. Attach the tops of the clocks.
12.
Brush the yellow sugarpaste with gold powder or food colouring.
13.
Draw the numbers and hands on the clocks with black colouring and leave to set and dry on a sheet of non-stick baking paper.
14.
Place on the cakes when dry.
