BB-8 Star Wars Cake

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Baking The Cake:

10lbs of Yo's Ultimate Chocolate Cake

Icing The Cake:

Decorating The Cake

½ recipe of Modeling Chocolate
4 oz Gumpaste
2oz Melted Dark Chocolate
3 lbs White Fondant
4oz White Fondant
1oz Black Fondant
Sunset Orange gel Colour
Clear Piping Gel
Silver Highlighter
Buttercup Yellow Icing Colour
Ivory Icing Colour
Black Icing Colour
Teal Icing Colour
White White Icing Colour
Color Right Base Black
Color Right Base Brown
Black Pearl Lustre

Item Name:	Availability:
2 x 8" diameter stainless steel bowl	Add to Cart -
5" half sphere pan	Add to Cart -
Serrated Knife	Add to Cart -
Simple Syrup Squeeze Bottle	Add to Cart - $24.99
Small Straight Offset Spatula	Add to Cart - $14.99
Round Cake Boards	Add to Cart -
Rolling Pin	Add to Cart - $9.99
French Rolling Pin	Add to Cart -
Circle Cutters	Add to Cart - $24.99
#12 round piping tip	Add to Cart - $119.99
#9 round piping tip	Add to Cart - $119.99
PME Cutting Wheel Modeling Tool	Add to Cart - $64.99
Strip Cutter	Add to Cart -
Paring Knife	Add to Cart -
Non-stick Board	Add to Cart - $16.99
Paint Brushes	Add to Cart -
Floral Wire	Add to Cart -
5x ¼” wooden dowels	Add to Cart -
Makeup Sponge
Fabric Measuring Tape	Add to Cart -

Prepare Cake Batter

Prepare your chocolate cake batter. Divide the batter amongst three pans. Pour 4 lbs of batter into each 8 bowl, and 1 lbs into the 5 half sphere pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes (Half Sphere Pan), and 1 hour and 30 minutes (8 bowls), or until a cake tester comes out completely clean. Let cool completely in their pans.

Prepare Buttercream

Prepare your Italian Meringue Buttercream. Dye 1 cup of your buttercream with Buttercup Yellow, Ivory, and Sunset Orange to match the orange colour of BB-8.

Prepare Modelling Chocolate

Prepare your recipe of modelling chocolate. Set aside.

Prepare Royal Icing

Prepare your batch of royal icing. Set aside.

Level Cakes

Level your cakes while they are still in their pans. Cut off the top humps by running your serrated knife along the top edge of the bowls. Remove the cakes from their bowls.

Simple Syrup the Cakes

Soak your cakes with Simple Syrup. Use a small spatula to spread melted chocolate over any areas that may need to be patched.

Flip, Carve, and Ice the Cakes

Flip one of the cakes over, so that the flat side is down, cut off a little bit of the curve at the top, to create a flat surface for your cake board. Glue down the cake board with melted chocolate, and ice a rim of chocolate around the outside edge of the board. Repeat this process to glue your 5 half sphere cake to the 5 cake board.

Crumb Coat and Chill Cakes!

Add a layer of orange buttercream to the 8 cake with the board on the bottom. Place the other 8 cake on top to create a full sphere. Crumb coat the 8 cake, and 5 half sphere. Chill for 15 minutes.

Ice Cakes Again

Ice both cakes again, and chill for 30 minutes. Once chilled, wet your hands and use your fingertips to rub out any ridges in the buttercream.

Roll Fondant and Cover Cake

Roll out your white fondant, and cover your cakes. Use a ball of the same fondant to smooth the surface of your sphere cakes.

Dye Modelling Chocolate

Dye your modeling chocolate to suit BB-8. Knead in Buttercup Yellow, Ivory, and some Sunset Orange. Set aside.

Roll Out Fondant

Weigh out 3oz of white fondant and knead in a little black food colouring. You want to end up with a medium grey fondant. Pinch in some CMC to soften the fondant. Set aside. Roll out the fondant, and the modelling chocolate into sheets that are 1/16 thin. Chill in the fridge.

Dye More Fondant

Dye your remaining 1 oz of white fondant using teal and black, this will be used for the detail around BB 8s eye.

Cut Out Circle Templates

Cut out 6 parchment circles to place on BBs body, these circles are the same diameter as his head. Pin each parchment circle in place. Use templates to cut out every single detail, use a cutting wheel and circle cutter to make indentations. Apply the orange circles to BB-8s body.

Add Details to BB-8

Use your cutting wheel tool to make all the indentations found on the white surface of BBs body.

Apply Silver Highlighter

Use a dry brush to apply silver highlighter to the surface of each to your grey fondant detail. Then apply them to the cake with piping gel.

Shape Fondant

Take a 1 tablespoon that is very rounded, and press black fondant into it. After letting them set, cut off the excess flush to the spoon, and remove from the spoon.

Roll Out Modelling Chocolate and Fondant for BB-8s Head

For BB-8s head, roll out orange modeling chocolate and grey fondant. Use an onion mincer to roll over long pieces of fondant and cut 5 even stripes. Use the same technique to recreate the details on BBs face.

Create BB-8s Antenna

Use gumpaste on a floral wire to recreate his antenna, and use bamboo skewers to help secure his heavy little eyes.

Add Extra Detail to BB-8

Roll out tiny pieces of yellow, light blue, royal blue, red and white fondant to add extra detail on BB-8.