Straw Hat Cake

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Baking The Cake

5lbs Yo’s Ultimate Chocolate Cake

Icing The Cake:

Yo’s Simple Syrup

Yo’s Famous Italian Meringue Buttercream

Pink Gel Food Colouring

Orange Gel Food Colouring

Decorating The Cake:

4.5lbs Coral Fondant

2lbs Charcoal Gumpaste

8oz White Fondant

2oz Black Fondant

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2 x 7" Round Cake Pans
Simple Syrup Bottle	Add to Cart -
Small Offset Spatula	Add to Cart -
Large Offset Spatula	Add to Cart -
Yo's Stitching Wheel	Add to Cart -
Pizza Pan
Textured Rolling Pin
Clay Extruder	Add to Cart -
Circle Cutters	Add to Cart -

Bake Your Cakes

Divide your cake batter into 2 x 7” round pans (2.5lbs per) and back at 350 degrees for 1.5 hours.

Level Down & Layer Up

Completely level one of your cake layers, and only slightly level the second as this will be the top of your hat. Cut each cake horizontally in half to create 4 cake layers

Simple Syrup

Shower all of your cake layers in simple syrup and allow to soak in for a couple of minutes before stacking

Sunshine & Buttercream

Dye your buttercream coral to match fondant, leaving one portion slightly lighter. Use this lighter buttercream to stack your cakes, leaving the slightly rounded layer on top. Chill for 20 minutes

Carve It Up

Carve away small sections of cake at a time to achieve a hat shape- rounded at the top

Crumb Coat & Chill → Ice & Chill

Crumb coat your cake in darker coral buttercream and chill for 20 minutes before icing in the same buttercream and chilling once more.

Brimming Pt 1

Thinly roll out grey gumpaste, and place on an upside down greased pizza pan to set

Give It Texture

Thinly roll out your coral fondant, and use a textured rolling pin to give it a grid pattern. Chill your fondant if it becomes too soft to work with during this process.

Wind It Up

Cut ½” thick strips of fondant, and begin by placing one around the base of your cake and cutting a clean seam. Continue this process up your whole cake, and once you get to the top roll out more fondant and cut out graduated circles to finish it off.

Note: Watch me cover my hat here

Brimming Pt 2

Glue a cake board to the underside of your brim with royal icing, and cut circles of textured fondant to cover it in the same fashion as the top of your hat- the largest should be 16.5” and the smallest 7.5” with every ½” size in between

All In The Details

Extrude a cord of coral fondant to wrap around the brim of your hat, and use your stitching wheel to add details around the edges of each band of fondant

Coming Together

Place the top of your hat in the center of your brim using royal icing to secure

Sashay

Roll white and black fondant into rough cords, and braid them together before rolling out to create a marbled effect. Roll out really thin, and long enough to wrap around the base of the top of your hat. Cut 2 bands, wrapping one around your hat, and creating a knot and tails with the other, securing in place with clear piping gel.

Note: Watch me make my sash here

As They Say

Extrude long cords of black fondant and use them to form words for a saying on the brim of your hat. Glue in place with clear piping gel.