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    Home › Recipes › Bob the Minion Cake

    Bob the Minion Cake

    Bob The Minion Out Of Chocolate Cakes, Ganache, Buttercream and Fondant!

     

    Oh, Bob. You are just so cute, arent you? The moment I decided to make a minion cake, I knew I would pick Bob. Although, he seems to be thelast guy that any other minion would chose to work with, he is myfirst choice. Underneath that bright yellow fondant, and those beautiful gumpaste eyes is layers ofmoist chocolate cake, chocolate ganache, and Minion yellow buttercream. YUM!

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    • Ingredients
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    • 2 x 6lb portion of Yo's Ultimate Cake
    • 1 x recipe Italian Meringue Buttercream
    • 1 x Ganache Recipe
    • 6 lbs White Fondant
    • ½ lb Black Fondant
    • 1 lb Gum Paste
    • Silver Lustre Dust
    • Wilton Lemon Yellow Icing Colour
    • Wilton Golden Yellow Icing Colour
    • Wilton Violet Icing Colour
    • Wilton Royal Blue Icing Colour
    • Wilton Black Icing Colour
    • Wilton Ivory Icing Colour
    • Wilton Moss Green Icing
    Item Name: Availability:
    3 x 8" Round Cake Pans
    1 x 8" Diameter Stainless Steel Bowl
    Simple Syrup Soaker Bottle Add to Cart -
    Food Scale
    Ruler
    Serrated Knife
    Small Serrated Knife
    Small Offset Spatula Add to Cart -
    Wooden Dowels
    5" Round Cake Board
    8" Round Cake Board
    Rolling Pin
    Sculpting Tools (including overstitch wheel)
    2 x stainless steel tins roughly 2" in diameter
    Soft Paint Brush
    20 Gauge Floral Wire
    1 x wooden Dowel
    Toothpicks
    #12 Piping Tip (for cutting holes in eyes)
    Flower Cutter

    Prepare Cakes

    Prepare your chocolate cakes. Fill two 8" pans with 3 lbs of chocolate cake batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 1hr, or until a cake tester comes out completely clean. Let cool completely in pans.


    Bake 8 Cake

    Fillone 8" pan with 2 lbs of chocolate cake batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out completely clean. Let cool completely in pan.


    Bake Bowl Cake

    Fill the stainless steel bowl with 4lbs of chocolate cake batter. 1hr and 20 minutes, or until cake tester comes out completely clean. Let cool completely in bowl.


    Prepare Ganache

    Prepare your chocolate ganache. Set aside.


    Prepare Buttercream

    Prepare your Italian Meringue Buttercream, then dye yellow using a combination of Wilton Lemon Yellow and Golden Yellow icing colours.


    Level Cakes

    Remove your cakes from their pans and level them.


    Fill Bottom Half of Cake

    Fill the bottom half of your cake - the 2 x 8 round cakes with chocolate ganache, and fill the top half - the 1x8 round cake AND bowl cake with yellow buttercream. Then round out the bottom half to replicate Bobs body.


    Place Bottom Cake on Board

    Place the bottom cake, curved side down, onto a 5 round cake board.


    Insert Dowels

    Dowel the bottom cake with 8 cut dowels that are the same height as the cake, in a 4" circle pattern that is centered in the cake.


    Add Cake Board

    Add your 8" round cake board and stack the top domed cake on top.


    Crumb Coat and Chill

    Crumb coat your cake, then chill.


    Add Another Dowel

    Push one sharpened dowel from the centre of Bobs head down the entire cake. Trim the dowel flush to the cake.


    Ice the Cake

    Ice the cake again, and chill.


    Colour Fondant

    Colour 4lbs of your fondant to a Minion Yellow using the same icing colours as the buttercream. Use 2lbs of white fondant for Bobs clothes. To recreate the jeans, use a combination of Royal Blue, Violet, and Black icing colours.


    Create Seams

    Use the overstitch tool to create seams in his clothes.  


    Add Goggle Band

    Add ablack strip of fondant as the goggle band along the seam connecting the fondant.


    Create Bobs Arms

    Wrap yellow fondant around a wooden dowel to create Bobs arms. Sculpt his hands and feet using black fondant. Also use black fondant to make two buttons for his overalls.


    Create Goggles

    Using gumpaste dyed grey, and rolled into thick strips around round containers, create Bobs goggles. Rub them with shortening, and brush them with silver lustre dust to give them a polished look.


    Attach Goggles

    Using 3 lengths of floral wire, attach Bobs goggles to his head.


    Add Details to Bob

    Using a flower cutter, press some texture onto his pupils, then paint them with Wilton Ivory and Moss Green, Bob does has two different coloured eyes!


    Congratulations!

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