Learn a couple of different methods on how to make a mad hatter cake ready for decoration.
Serdar will go through 3 different methods of how you can achieve a 3 tier mad hatter (topsy turvy) style cake.
Downloadable Course Material
If you would like to approximately match the size of the artwork in the tutorial, print the downloadable files at 100% size. If you require your artwork to be smaller or larger, just adjust the print size accordingly.
Mad Hatter Cake Course Material
This PDF contains an actual size side view blueprint of the mad hatter cake.
Track
Duration
Introduction, Tools & Materials
10:57
Recipes & Ingredients
3:04
Preparing the Moulds
2:43
Layering the Cakes
11:52
An Alternative Method
6:22
Removing the Cakes from the Moulds
6:34
Masking the Cakes
5:34
Coating the Cakes
14:30
Stacking the Cakes
10:10
Conclusion
3:12
Total Duration
1:15:31
While not everything on this list is absolutely required, these are the things used in this tutorial video.
Of course you are welcome to find alternative ways of doing things and we would love to hear if you've
discovered an easier method or better tool to achieve good results. Please note that some items may be listed as sets,
and it is usually recommended to have full sets, it may not be neccessary. In most cases, only one item from a set is actually used
in the tutorial. Please watch the tutorial before purchasing any items to make sure you are not buying anything you don't need.
Tools & Materials
Measuring Tape
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Set of Knives
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Flexible Scraper
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Set of Scrapers
Set of Scissors
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Icing Spatula Set
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Needle or Pin
Serdar often uses a needle or a pin to remove air bubbles from underneath the fondant when coating a cake. They can also be used to pick up very small objects when decorating.
Craft Knife
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Fondant Smoother
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Hand Towels
Ensure fibers are not loose.
Cake Board
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Round, 40cm diametre, covered with fabric.
A piece of wood coated with fabric and temporarily covered with cellophane to keep fabric clean until the cake is complete. For more information, watch our tutorial on how to cover a cake board with fabric .
Milk Board Circles
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For between cakes.
Very thin cardboard that is poly coated on both sides.
Recipes & Ingredients
Corn Starch
Wikipedia
For dusting.
Corn starch, cornstarch, cornflour or maize starch or maize is the starch derived from the corn (maize) grain. The starch is obtained from the endosperm of the corn kernel. Corn starch is a popular food ingredient used in thickening sauces or soups, and is used in making corn syrup and other sugars.
Rolling Fondant
Dark Chocolate
Wikipedia
Chocolate is a typically sweet, usually brown, food preparation of Theobroma cacao seeds, roasted and ground, often flavored, as with vanilla. It is made in the form of a liquid, paste, or in a block or used as a flavoring ingredient in other sweet foods.
Other Required Items
3 Different sized plastic buckets
5cm graduation
Should be angled as possible. Thin plastic pot plants may be used.
Dear Chef Yeners, please I would like to ask if is necessary to temper the chocolate to use in the container method?
Thank you in advance!
Yes but you don’t have to be too critical. If you using compound use microvawe till completely melted don’t over heat. If you use couverture melt till you have still some unmelted pieces in the chocolate then mix till all melted without further heating.
Is an amazing tutorial! I learnt a lot. Thank you. :oD
Fantastic tutorial , many thanks.
Looking forward to this, your precise calculations makes all instructions easy to understand and follow. May you stay blessed
Would love to learn how to make one of these, they look so tricky but know that Chef Yener will make it look easy and teach us how 🙂