Welcome to How To Cook That I'm Ann Reardon and this week we are going to
make a dinosaur cake! This is not a cake ... this is a toy that I got from the
shops and I got it so I can use it as like a model so I know what shape to
make the dinosaur. You can get all different dinosaurs in all different
shapes obviously but I chose this one because it has quite a flat base to its
belly so that we can make a stand to hold that up. Obviously it's gonna be
quite tricky because he has very long neck... the tail is not an issue because
that rests down on the cake board, it's the neck that's the issue. without
support that's just going to fall off. Obviously this toy is made of some sort
of foams that's very light so that's not so much of an issue for this but for our
cake we're going to have to have some sort of support in that neck. So the
first thing that I need to do is go to my computer and draw up a template for
each layer of cake and for how we're going to support all of this once I
figured all that out I'll print it out and we'll come back and make it so you
of course can skip that step ... just download the template and go
straight to making it but that's what I do when I need a template for a cake
I'll go sit on my computer and work all that bit of it out for you first to make
it easier for you to make it when you want to make the cake. you're going to
need to make two trays of my rich chocolate cake. now if you new around
here the template and all these recipe quantities and details are on the how to
cook that website and I'll put a link to that below for you. For the supports I
have chosen to go with a wooden board so it's nice and strong and then I have
three support set up. This little one at the front here and then these two that
are going to hold the actual cake board up. So you put the cake board on top and
you can see those nuts there just hold it up so that it doesn't go all the way
down and then you want to put another nut on top of each of those and tighten
that up. This is basically gonna hold up our whole cake so it needs to be strong
and secure. You might be wondering what this little support is for at the front?
well that's actually for this the support that's going to hold the neck in
place so it's gonna go over the little metal support that we had and then slot
under the cardboard cake board and then I'm just going to hot glue gun that into
place over the metal support and we're joins the cake board there. Then take
your template and line up the neck you just need to bend it to the shape of
your template. The great thing about this stuff is you can bend it and then it
stays pretty solid in the position that you've put it in. It's actually out of
the middle of a bendy pool noodle ... so a pool toy that you can bend you just take
this out of the middle. They're not designed for food use... they're probably
perfectly fine because it's just plastic but I'm gonna wrap it in foil just in
case. Level your cakes and then add the template on top and cut around each one.
now you'll have quite a few off cuts but don't eat them because I want to use
them on the cake later. put a little bit of buttercream on the board and then add
your first layer of cake. All the layers are numbered so just start with number
one and go from there you'll need to cut a small area out for the neck. The shape
that that is will depend on how you've bent your neck support exactly so I'll
just let you cut that out when you put it into place. spread some buttercream in
between your layers and continue to stack up your cakes right up to the top
one. Place the template in front of the dinosaur and cut around the shape of
your Brachiosaurus there. Once you've done that you'll just need to round out
the top edges so that it's not so box shaped and it's got more of a rounded
body coming around the back down to the sides. Now it's time to cover the whole
thing in buttercream. once you've got it all covered just use a piece of acetate
to smooth out the frosting that looks a bit like a duck to me for some reason! 🦆
Smooth that out, that looks better. Now use the rest of the buttercream and the offcuts of cake that
I told you not to eat to make mounds of cake around the board so that it's not
just a flat landscape we have a little bit of interest there. now we need to
make the tail. Now not only does it stick out here but we also need to build up
this bit underneath. so slightly dampen the underneath of the cake board and add
some modeling chocolate into place. Make sure when you're pressing it you wrap it
up slightly around the edges on the sides and the back so that it's got
something to hold on to. We're going to let that chill in the fridge before we
lengthen it into the full size tail. Now for the neck of the dinosaur wrap some
modeling chocolate around the foil and smooth it down where it joins the body
so that you have a nice transition from the neck into the body. Do the same with
the front foot. you can use the back of a teaspoon to smooth over any joins you
might have in your modeling chocolate and you can of course use fondant for
this dinosaur instead but you'll need to add tylose powder to it so that the
fondant doesn't just sag down. If you just make like a cylinder of fondant for
the other legs and just leave it it will sag down out of shape so it needs to
have the tylose mixed with it or of course you can use modeling chocolate
which is what I'm doing today. For each leg add a little bit of modelling
chocolate in front for the foot and use the handle of a teaspoon to mark
indents for each of the toes. then you can use a straw to make a rounded indent
for the top of the toenail and then cut each toenail to a point so that it looks
like a claw. Let the whole thing rest in the fridge for at least 30 minutes and
then add more modeling chocolate to the tail to extend its length. add an oval of
modeling chocolate to the top of the neck for the dinosaur's head and shape it
into the desired shape. This dinosaur apparently had a ridge on
his head so I'm just gonna make that a bit narrower in the middle. now we need
to cover the whole body ... I've never used modeling chocolate to cover a cake
before so I'm going to give it a go today so I can compare it and see how
that works compared to fondant. As far as doing the joins definitely seems
much easier with modeling chocolate to get nice seamless joins that's a bit
harder with the fondant and having the legs firm just
putting them in the fridge for a little while is definitely an advantage over
fondant because the fondant you have to leave it for some time for it to firm up
like that. But I guess major disadvantages it's a lot more expensive
well at least is here in Australia so that's possibly why people tend to go
for fondant. you can colour the modeling chocolate just like you would with
fondant. I've made it a tan colour for the rocks and if you roll it out on baking
paper and then just kind of crinkle it as you mold it around the cake give it a
bit of a squeeze there it's going to give you a nice crinkled rocky look and
a bit of a texture to it. Use a knife to make indents and lines on the dinosaur's
skin just to really accentuate the shape just having some lines coming up and
around there and now it's time to add some color I assume you don't actually
want a white dinosaur... so who knows what colours dinosaurs really where they could
have been blue pink polka dots for we know, it's probably not likely but I'm
gonna make this one have a yellow tummy and yellow legs and then add some green
along the ridge of his back there. I'm just using gel colours mixed with a
little bit of water to paint this and then adding a little bit of orange to
the top of his head. His toes and feet look like they need to be a bit darker
so let's add some black to those to make them look a bit more dinosaurus-ish!
And then you can leave the coat just like that but I want mine to be a bit
more mottled so I'm just gonna crinkle up some foil and press it on gently and
then lift it off so it takes off some of that color in some patches and leaves it
in others. Crush up some biscuits of your choice in a blender ...if you don't have a
blender just put them in a plastic bag and bash them with a rolling pin you'll
get the same effect. Spread some melted chocolate on to the foil this helps hide
the silver and it also makes the biscuit crumbs stick. Sprinkle the crumbs over
the top and then take two black sugar pearls and
press them into each side of the head for the eyes. Then if you want to you can
add a little bit of brown shading to his body as I said no one knows what color
they were so it's up to you what you do with your dinosaur. To serve cakes like
this that have support boards in them all you need to do is cut down to the
cake board just like you would if you're cutting down to a plate with a normal
cake ... so imagine it's a plate up on a stand and then you just pull out the
slices and serve it up ... that's it of a bigger slice you might need to cut that
into more pieces! And there you have a cute 3D dinosaur cake. Thank you so much
for watching and thank you especially to my patreons who support the channel so
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