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Sweet Pillow cake

"Sweet Pillow" Cake

An interesting, easy way to decorate a celebration cake. This is my favorite way to dress up a cake :)

Nika

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Ready-made cake layers

Fondant

300

Sour cream

0.5

Sugar

Butter

100

Butter

100

Chocolate

100

Condensed milk

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 6 % 4 g

Fats 17 % 12 g

Carbohydrates 77 % 55 g

342 kcal

GI: 0 / 72 / 28

Cooking method

Step 1:

Take your cake layers. That's up to you and your taste — I used a Napoleon-style honey cake; the recipe is in my cookbook. One batch gives me 10-12 layers.
Step 2:

If you make the layers rather than buying them, here's a way to make them square: just lay a plate on top and draw straight lines around it to get a square.
Step 3:

I used a standard cream of sour cream + sugar (use less sugar if you prefer it less sweet) + butter. Beat the sour cream and sugar with a mixer, add softened butter, and beat to combine — but not too long, just until smooth. You can let it stand a bit to dissolve the sugar, but that's optional. Spread the cream over the layers and refrigerate for at least an hour to soak.
Step 4:

The next photos are from the evening — that's just how it worked out. The layers have soaked through and turned soft. Cut out our pillow shape and lay the pieces on top.
Step 5:

Smooth the whole surface with a knife so it looks like a pillow.
Step 6:

Here's how plump and rounded mine turned out.
Step 7:

Since our cream is sour-cream-based, which fondant really doesn't like, you need to make an under-fondant coating and cover the cake with it. There are many options; here's mine. I took chocolate, melted it in a double boiler, added condensed milk and butter, and coated the cake. To make the cake as smooth as possible, refrigerate it, then after 10-15 minutes take it out and even it with a knife — you can repeat this a few times.
Step 8:

Take the fondant, roll it out, drape it over the cake, smooth it down, trim the excess, and tuck the edges under.
Step 9:

To make the pillow more realistic, you'll need a tool like this.
Step 10:

Run it across the top, drawing in lines — here's what I got. My fondant is homemade from marshmallows, so it's springy and the lines don't always come out crisp.
Step 11:

After that, decorate the pillow however you like. I have this mold and wanted to give it a try.
Step 12:

I could have done it in another color, but I was out of time for experiments — my parents were "on the doorstep" :) — so I had to finish quickly. I still had a piece of store-bought fondant left (it makes gorgeous figures) and a baby mold. Not exactly what I'd wanted, but it's just a homemade cake — I hope you'll do an even better job developing the idea :)

An interesting, easy way to decorate a celebration cake. With a few tweaks to the design, it works for a girl's or boy's birthday party or for an adult.