Portal Cake

Step 7 The Simple Way

More steps, yes, but it takes less dexterity. Also useful for when time is short or you're not confident in the steadiness of your hands.

• Take a bowl of white frosting (or whipped cream) and a spoon.
• Take a scoop of frosting, this time half (1/2) the size of a golf ball.
• Place it about 1/2 an inch from the edge of the cake. Try to make it an even, smooth circular dollop.
• Repeat the previous 2 steps, only this time directly across from the first dollop.
• Picture the top surface of the cake as a clock face, and the two previously created dollops at the 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock positions. Add 2 more dollops at the 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock positions.
• Between the 4 existing dollops, add one more dollop in between each two adjacent ones, evenly spacing them out. You should end up with eight in all.
• Take the red fruits and gently press one into each white dollop so the frosting/cream comes up the sides of it slightly.

Due to the size of the cherries, I ended up with 5 on this hemisphere of cake, but the general setup was the same.

Comments

[and-reas]

Add the other half and I think you would have 8 dollop. Nice work, I'm now writing down what I'll need to make it and then go to the store.