What you'll make
Picture the two of you with one knife between you, cutting into a tall white cake with a little cluster of fresh roses while everyone crowds in with their phones. Nobody will guess it started as two mud cakes off the supermarket shelf. About A$50 for a cake that feeds 25.
Materials (per item)
- white chocolate mud cake · 2 cakesstacked to make one tall cake$14.20
- tub of vanilla frosting · 1 tubglues the cakes together and covers them$5.50
- fresh roses · 1 small bunchthe flowers on top of the cake$18.00
- cling wrap · 1 mwraps each rose stem before it goes in$0.12
- white paper drinking straws · 6 strawssleeves so stems never touch the cake$0.24
- Mr and Mrs cake topper · 1sits on top of the cake$11.66
- DIY cost each$49.72
Tools
- Palette knife or butter knife
- Cake scraper or a clean ruler
- Cake stand or flat board at least 5 cm bigger than the cake
- Sharp scissors or floral snips
- Paper towel
- Long serrated knife and a jug of hot water for cutting
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