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A square birthday cake with fondant hammer, screwdriver, bolts, nuts and ladder.
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Tools Birthday Cake

This tools birthday cake is an easy idea for cake with tools. With handmade fondant tools, this cake make perfect tool cake idea for boys and men!
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Decorating time2 hours
Total Time3 hours 15 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 1 Eight inches square cake
Calories: 4768.5kcal
Author: Priya Maha

Equipment

  • Wilton Alphabet cutter
  • Wilton Food coloring in yellow, red, brown, and moss green.
  • Edible silver dust
  • Lemon extract

Ingredients

  • 300 g butter
  • 300 g granulated sugar
  • 300 g self-raising flour
  • 5 eggs
  • 75 ml milk
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Butter Icing
Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Making the fondant tools

  • Make the tools in advance to allow them time to set and harden.
  • Shape each tool by hand in white fondant and then paint them.
  • Set them aside for the paint to set before using on the cake.

Baking the cake

  • Preheat oven to 170 °Celsius.
  • Beat butter and sugar till soft and creamy for about 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  • In a separate bowl, sift flour, baking powder, and salt. Fold in the sifted ingredients into the creamed mixture alternately with milk, starting and ending with flour.
  • Finally, add in vanilla extract and combine well. Pour batter into a well greased and floured 8-inch square cake pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes until the top of the cake springs back when lightly pressed.
  • The cake is done when a skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out without any wet batter.
  • Remove the cake from oven and let it cool completely before icing and decorating.
  • After that, cover the entire birthday cake with butter icing. Butter icing is the stiffer version of buttercream and is a lot easier to manage in hot and humid weather. You can also use buttercream if you wish.
  • Use a spatula to smooth the butter icing on the top and sides of the cake. Set the cake aside while you make the fondant alphabets.

Making the edible alphabets

  • Roll some pink fondant thin.
  • Cut the alphabets out with the alphabet cutters.
  • Arrange them on the cake in such a way that they are centered on the cake. There is no need for any fondant glue to secure the alphabet letters on the cake. The butter from the icing is sufficient to hold them securely in place.

Attaching the fondant tools to the cake

  • Once the letters are all in place, add the fondant tools. Before placing them on the cake, plan their position so that each tool is well spaced out on the cake.
  • To attach the tools, press them gently into the butter icing on the cake and that will help to secure them to the cake.

Nutrition

Calories: 4768.5kcal | Carbohydrates: 524.2g | Protein: 68.5g | Fat: 271.7g | Saturated Fat: 163.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 15.7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 72.1g | Trans Fat: 9.9g | Cholesterol: 1470.9mg | Sodium: 3395.4mg | Potassium: 787.2mg | Fiber: 7.2g | Sugar: 305.6g | Vitamin A: 8812.5IU | Calcium: 505mg | Iron: 7.1mg