This is again a really easy cake to make. I was really surprised to do a search online to find hardly any full moon cakes.
You’ll need:
1 round sponge cake cake (ready made or see this recipe )
Fondant icing (amount is depending on the cake size 6 inch = about 1/2 a pound)
Yellow food colouring Silver edible pearlescent powder (bronze or gold colour may also work)
Start by placing the fondant in a thick plastic food bag. This helps to prevent discoloration of hands and nails and also allows you to do something else while kneading in the colour .
Put fondant in plastic bag
Add a couple of drops of food colouringbut no more initially. We are after a light cream colour and not yellow icing. Add more if necessary but take your time and knead it in well.
Roll out the icing . I roll out in between greaseproof paper as it is unnecessary to use icing sugar (unless your icing is very sticky)
Add icing to cake and smooth out. I found I didn’t need anything to hold the icing to the cake but you could use jam/jello.
Cover cake with fondant icing
Add random sized craters
Then add craters. I used cake modelling tools but anything with a rounded end will do. Make various sizes to form the lunar craters. Once the craters are added you could stop there. You have a great representation of the full moon.
You could add eyes and a mouth and make a Man-in-the-moon cake. I took a stencil I created of the lighter areas of the moon, cut them out and smoothed them onto the the top of the cake.
Place stencil on cake
I then took some silver pearlescent powder and highlighted the areas in between the stencilled areas. I also highlighted some craters. This effect looks fantastic under glowing light such as birthday candles. Not so great under out lousy home lighting of an evening though! There we have our full moon cake. Why not make one every lunar month?
The finished full moon cake
I’m eagerly awaiting the release of the new Duncan Jones movie “Moon”. So since I was making a moon cake I thought I’d have a go at a fun cake of the trailer:
Mimicking the trailer for "Moon"
Ok so it might not be a very good replica, so here is the original trailer. It excites me to think there is a true sci-fi movie out later this year. It looks and sounds beautiful
If you’ve read the book, Coraline (or seen the movie), you know that black buttons are basically evil and to be feared… at least when they serve as a substitute for eyes.
If you love the Coraline story and are planning a Coraline party, here are the easiest Coraline cakes, simple black (and yes, evil) buttons. There are two styles of buttons: one for people in a super hurry and one designed to be a replica of the button in the Coraline movie. (For a more complex cake, check out the Other Mother’s Birthday Party Cake.)
Bake two 9″ round layers of the cake of your choice. I baked Betty Crocker’s SuperMoist Milk Chocolate Cake.
The Easiest Button
Cutting holes for thread.
Use toothpicks to mark placement of the thread holes in the buttons. If you have a cookie or fondant cutter the proper size for the holes in your button cakes, by all means use those to cut the holes. I didn’t have the right size cutter, but discovered that a champagne flute was perfect. If you use a champagne flute (or other glassware) to cut the holes, press the flute straight down, twist the flute about making a full circle and then lift straight up.
Champagne Flute as cake cutter.
As you can see, the cake sticks inside the champagne flute, leaving the perfect thread hole. Remove cake from flute and cut additional holes.
Fill a parchment bag with black frosting and a plain circle tip (I used a #5 tip) to make the thread in and between the thread holes. I tried a variety of different thread layouts and sizes — everything from lots of piled up criss-crossing threads to very neat, calculated, and layered threads. In the end, I found that 2-3 spaced out individual threads (in each direction) gave the best overall look.
If you don’t have a pastry bag or simply prefer an even easier cake, use black string licorice for the threads.
That’s all there is to it, you just made the simple button cake — perfect for your Coraline party!
Replica Button Cake
Coraline Replica Button Cake
The Coraline movie buttons, have four holes and an indentation.
Cutting button indentation.
To create the indentation, first cut a circle in the cake as deep as you want the indentation. You can either download this 6″ circle pattern for a guide, or you can do as I did and find a saucer or dessert plate that’s about the right size to use as a pattern.
Indentation removed.
Once you’ve cut the circle, remove the center portion of cake using a fork or spoon to pull out the unwanted cake portions. When you’re finished, you should have a cake resembling the one in the picture to the left.
Follow the instructions above for removing thread holes, frosting, and finishing the cake.
