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welcome to how to cook that, i'm ann reardonand today we're making a slug cake from best fiends. that's right, there have been so many requestsfor best fiends from you guys and best fiends offered to sponsor a video so here we are. the first thing you'll need to do is makeone and half times of my chocolate cake recipe and there's a video showing how to make thatcake and all the recipe quantities on the howtocookthat.net website and i'll put a linkto that below for you. so once you have made the batter you wantto pour that into 2 trays and then bake it in the oven for about 15 minutes or untila knife inserted into the centre comes out
clean. then you want to leave those to cool completelybefore going on to the next step. now while that's cooling, for those who don'tknow what best fiends is, 'hi mum' it's an app, it's free you can get it on the app store,i'll put a link below and if you download it you'll get $4.99 worth of bonus gold anddiamonds that'll help you in the game. it's basically a puzzle adventure game whereyou join the objects of the same colour together to try and defeat the slugs which are theenemies or the fiends up the top. as you progress you collect different charactersand then you can upgrade those characters to make them more powerful so it makes iteasier to defeat the slugs.
well, technically, the higher the level youget to, the harder it is. i'm on level 127, let me know in the commentsbelow what level you're up to. you can also connect the app to facebook andthere is a leaderboard there where you can compete against friends and see what levelthey're up to. and up until february 26 this month there'salso a special valentines heart challenge where you can compete to get extra rewardsand rare things that you can't normally get. and there's also going to be a special giftfor you on valentines day. now that our cakes are cooled, what we wantto do is place the template over the top and the template is also available on the howtocookthat.netwebsite.
and then just cut around each of those sothat we get the different shapes we need for each layer. for the frosting we're going to use buttercreammade with butter and icing sugar and then we are going to add some cream to some whitechocolate just to make a simple ganache to make the frosting even more creamy and yummy. pop that in the microwave stirring every 30seconds until the chocolate is melted. stir that through and once it is combinedwe are going to set it aside to chill in the fridge. i am not going to use this between the layersjust on the outside.
place your butter and icing sugar into a bowland mix until you have a lovely smooth looking frosting. spread a small amount of frosting onto a cakeboard. and you'll notice i've put the support rodto one side, that's because if you look at the template we want to have the support inthe body and then room for the tail on one side. add the first layer of cake into place andspread it with jam, i am using strawberry jam you can use apricot if you prefer. then smother that in buttercream.
add layer two and with each layer check whereit should sit using the template, because the cake swerves in some of the pieces tosit more to one side than the other. add layers 3, 4 and 5 and then after thatthe cake starts to lean forward again so this part is going to need some support. add 3 supports down into the cake at the levelthat the top of the cake is up to. and then add a small round cake board on top. the sticks just stop it from squashing thecake below. stack up the next two layers of cake and thendouble check with the cake ruler i've given you that you are at the right height.
then add the final two layers into place. place the template on one side and cut aroundthe shape of your slug. do the same at the front using the front templateso you get the shape of the slug. now collect up the offcuts and mash them upusing a fork until you get a paste-like consistency. use that mixture to build up under the cakeboard to make the where the slug slopes out for his top lip. and add anywhere else on the slug that needsbuilding up if you've cut too much off. add a couple of lines across the back of thetail, don't make the tip of the tail we will make that later out of fondant.
then mix the ganache into the rest of thebuttercream and use it to cover the whole outside of the cake. grab some acetate and use it to smooth upand around the frosting. now take a bit of time here to get it allperfectly smooth because it doesn't change once you put the fondant on it, you need yourbuttercream base to be just how you want it to look. then pop that in the fridge to firm up. take some more of this cake mixture and rollit into a ball, cut it in half to get two even pieces then roll each of them to makethe two eyeballs.
take cake spike and dip it into chocolateand poke it into the ball. this just glues it onto the stick so it doesn'tfall off in our next step. once that is set, dip the whole thing intothe white chocolate and then lift it up and tap the stick on your finger or the edge ofthe bowl to let any excess drip off so you end up with two nice smooth eyeballs. once that is set wrap some black fondant aroundthe bottom half and a bit around the stick. and then add another piece over the top leavinga gap so it looks a bit like a ninja. roll a thin piece of black and using a strawcut out two circles for the pupils. and then add them into place in the centreof each eye.
cut another ball of black in half and thenflatten and shape it to make two rectangles with rounded corners. then take a knife and make two indents acrossthe top of each one. stand your eyeballs up in the top of a rollof paper towel and then add the eyebrows on top curving slightly upwards on the edges. now roll two tiny little balls white and addthem onto each pupil in the top corner. take some more white fondant and cut aroundeach of the teeth templates so that you have those and then take the template off and justuse your fingers to smooth around the front edges so that it looks nice and tooth shapedand then leave those to one side.
now take your cake out of the fridge and coverthe whole thing in black fondant. now the tricky thing with covering tall cakeslike this is the weight of the fondant can pull down and make it tear up the top. so you need to work fairly quickly to attachit to the cake so that it's not still pulling. i also like to spray it with a little vegetableoil to keep it moist. and then just keep lifting and lowering thefondant smoothing it over the shape of the cake. lifting and lowering, smoothing out the foldswithout creasing it. trim the excess off around the base leavinga little bit extra.
then trim it closer with a knife and tuckit under at the base. use the template to cut a strip of deep redand place that just under the top lip for his gums. then make an indent there in the gum wherethe teeth will sit and add each tooth into place pushing it up into the gum. next add some brown fondant onto the cakeboard to cover it. the add some lighter colour strips so it lookslike the rings on the top of a tree stump. in some of the earlier levels the slugs aresitting on a tree stump so we'll make it look a bit like that.
cut some long strips of green fondant thatare pointy at both ends and cross them over each other. once you have 3 crossed over, pick it up inthe middle and squeeze to make the stem of the grass. then pop it into place onto the board andsupport it using a tissue or baking paper and leave it to firm up. now we need to make the tip of the tail. for that roll a large tear drop shape, makeit bend over to one side bit and then tuck it under at the back of your slug.
add the eyeballs into place leaning forwardslightly, that's one ... and that's two and you have a best fiends slug cake! despite looking like it belongs in the gardenactually it tastes awesome when it's on your plate. let me know what other apps you'd like tosee as cakes. solve this puzzle to figure out the codedweb address, there are prizes for the first ones there. and don't forget to download the best fiendsgame, there's a link below and play on valentines day if you already have it.
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