My son is an ardent fan of Disney Cars movies and he asked me to bake a cars cake for his birthday.Last year I tried with butter cream icing and made something like car but it was nowhere resembling any of the actual cars movie characters(May be I did not watch the movie last year). This time i thought of trying it with fondant. As I was not very confident handling the marsh mellows to make my own fondant I settled for the ready made Wilton's rolled fondant.
Here goes the step by step instructions for making cars the cake.
My daughter also wanted to take part in the decoration. She made the those small red beads.It helped to hide some of the imperfections as well.
The race flag is just plain paper colored with marker. I just fixed it with a tooth pick.
Notes:
For beginners it is better to first try with the colored rolled fondant.
Ingredients
Semiya: 1/2 cup
Water: 1 cup
Sugar: 1/2 cups
Milk: 1 cup
Cashew nuts/Almonds: 1 tablespoon
Cardomom: 2 to 3
Ghee: 1 tablespoon
Pachai karpooram(Edible Camphor): a pinch (optional)
Saffron: a pinch (optional)
Procedure
Step1:
Heat ghee in a frying pan and the cashew nuts and keep it aside
Step2:
In the same ghee fry the vermicelli (semiya) until it starts to trun color to reddish brown
Step3:
Boil 1 cup of water and add fried semiya
Step 4:
Stir and cook until all the water is drained. The semiya should be soft but it should not be mushy
Step5:
After the semiya is cooked add sugar and mix well
Step6
Now add the boiled milk and cardomom powder and edible camphor.
Garnish with fried cashews
Notes:
Do not add sugar before the semiya is cooked.Otherwise the semiya will take more time to cook
Raisins can also be added.
Ingredients
Whole green gram dhal(Payatham paruppu): 1/2 cup
Jaggery: 1/4 cup
Salt: a pinch
Grated coconut: 1/4 cup
Cardomom powder: a pinch
Procedure:
Step1:
Dry fry the dhal for a couple of minutes and cook with enough water in cooker for 2 whistles with a pinch of salt.
Make sure the dhal is not overcooked
Step2:
Drain the dhal and keep it aside
Step3:
Heat the jaggery with 2 tablespoon of water and melt the jaggery.
Filter it in a strainer to remove the impurities
Step4:
Heat the filtered jaggery syrup again until it reaches 1 string consistency
Step5:
Now add the cooked dhal and mix well
Step6:
Add the grated coconut and cardamom powder and switch off the flame
