I'm so pleased that I have gotten to week seven and have manage not to miss a single bake so far! Although I had been looking through all my other bakes fior this challenge and I realised that I hadn't managed to tackle a single technical challenge... So this week I remedied that by making Mary Berry's Tennis Cake from this week.
Making the cake mix involved preparing a whole bunch of fruit, I have literally never seen so much fruit in a cake... like ever... In fact when I first started mixing the fruit into the cake batter I was convinced that it was about 90% fruit!
Making my own Marzipan was surprisingly easy, although I didn't think it was going to come together at first because of the tiny amount of wet ingredients involved... Also have to mention that I didn't make my own fondant, I had to buy white fondant and colour it myself! It wasn't that I didn't want to, in fact I had all the ingredients in my basket ready to go, but Tesco had sold out of Glycerin, and as I was running out of time to get my bake done before I start my new job next week, I admitted defeat. Having said that, colouring shop bought fondant is no easy task! Cutting both into rectangles and getting them on top of the cake without breaking them was a challenge... The royal icing was something I have made several times before, so I had no problems here. Piping the Tennis court was an absolute nightmare... and as you may be able to see I was a little bit wobbly. Although it was fine once I got the hang of it!
Let me know in the comments what you think of the cake, and what you thought of this weeks episode...
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