Learn how to make a celebration or novelty cake from start to finish, including recipes, techniques and decoration methods
WHAT IS A BATTENBERG CAKE? Battenberg is a light sponge cake with different sections held together with apricot jam. The cake is covered in marzipan and, when cut in cross-section, displays a two-by-two check pattern alternately coloured pink and yellow. The first cake was baked in 1884 to celebrate Prince Louis of Battenberg marrying Princess …
WHAT IS A SEMI-NAKED CAKE? A semi-naked cake is a sponge cake that has been very lightly frosted. It may also be decorated. Getting a good looking semi-naked cake is all about using the right frosting (see this article for how to make and frost a naked vanilla cake). Buttercream and whipped ganache frosting are …
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WHAT IS A NAKED CAKE? A naked cake is a sponge cake that doesn’t have any frosting or decoration. WHAT IS A SEMI-NAKED CAKE? A semi-naked cake is a sponge cake that has been lightly frosted so the sponge shows through in places. It is sometimes decorated. The key to successfully decorating this type of …
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