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STEP-BY-STEP BEE MINI SANDWICH CAKES

The perfect mini morsel for a garden party, these lovely little bakes by Lakeland (blog.lakeland.co.uk) stack up prettily with their topping of flowers and buzzy bees…

MAKES 12

TO DECORATE

• mini cakes (see page 37)

• PME 8 Paste Colours: sunny yellow

• 3 x 400g (14oz) tubs of Renshaw Vanilla Frosting

• Renshaw Modelling Paste: white

• edible glue

• Renshaw Ready-to-Roll Icing: black, yellow

EQUIPMENT

• Lakeland 12-Hole Loose-Based Mini Sandwich Tin

• ‘Get A Grip’ piping bags

• daisy icing cutters

• Wilton® 2D flower nozzle

Step 1 – Bake and buttercream Start off by making the cake sponges to a recipe of your choice – You’ll need a standard 4-egg mix for the two sponges to make up the bottom tier, and a 2-egg mix for the sponges for the top tier – we used Lakeland lemon curd sponge cakes (see page 37). Once cooled, sandwich the paired sponges together with vanilla frosting, crumb-coat both tiers using a palette knife and smooth the edges using a side scraper. Put in the fridge and leave for 15-20 minutes for the frosting to set.

Step 2 – Fashion the flowers Roll out the white modelling paste and use the daisy icing cutters to cut out three flowers for the top of each cake. Roll a little yellow icing into balls, then use edible glue to attach these to the centre of each flower. Set aside and leave to dry.