madnad

I took a cake to my mum last weekend, as it was her birthday. Last year, I made her one with a Welsh dragon on to celebrate her heritage, and this year I decided to stick with the same theme. My mother has liked dragons for as long as I can remember. She has 100s of dragon ornaments, jewellery, and pictures. She has been enamoured of dragons long before Game of Thrones made them popular again.

I made a large quantity of Victoria sponge flavoured with lemon zest and juice, and baked it in a pan I bought from ThinkGeek. I then filled it with raspberry jam. I wanted to cover the cake in fondant, but this would mean losing the detail from the cake pan. I had this idea that if after the cake had cooled, I shaved off a thin layer, covered it in buttercream and fondant, then pressed the pan down over the top to transfer the detail to the fondant.

It didn’t work.

What I was left with was a rather lumpy looking cake covered in fondant, with next to no detail. It was time to practice some fondant modelling. Using the cake pan as a reference, I added some detail. The dragon quickly started to develop before me, and became a unique creature to that of the cake pan. For instance, my lady has spines on her back.

After I had finished modelling the white marshmallow fondant, I painted it with gel paste diluted with vodka. Once dried, a little brush of some bronze lustre dust over the dragon’s body, and I was done.

EDITED TO ADD: This cake has featured on Reddit, Buzzfeed Food and Bored Panda – yet not one of them has given me credit. If you want to show this picture, please link back to this post.

Dragon Cake

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3 Comments

  1. OrrReply
    September 11, 2018 at 03:57

    Thank you, you are the only one I can find that has actually stated that you put some sort of icing on the cake. I have been looking for hours at different pictures and images of this cake pan and of the cake itself. My younger brother has asked for this for the grooms cake at his wedding. I am going crazy trying to figure out how to make it work. I think you have given me a great idea! Thank you so much!

    • madnadReply
      September 11, 2018 at 09:13

      You are very welcome! My picture has appeared on a few sites (without credit may I add), but I am glad my post helped you. Send us a picture of your cake when its complete to either our facebook page or twitter account. I would love to see it

  2. BethReply
    March 28, 2019 at 20:17

    That is sad that you are not being given the credit for such a stunning creation. Thank you for sharing!

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