I was recently approached to make a cake for a surprise 21st party. The lucky birthday boy was obsessed with Despicable Me at the time so what better cake to make than a Minion cake!! This was my first ever "commission" so I was super excited but also very nervous it would go wrong. Word of advice to those of you who would want to try this at home....DON'T.. nah just kidding! Just plan plan plan!! I overly underestimated the time it would take to make this cake. Whatever you are thinking...try tripling that time (that's because I'm super slow so maybe only double the time for yourself).
I made a chocolate mud cake that was super moist and filled it with whipped chocolate ganache. Yummmm!! The cake itself was pretty easy to make, just 3 layers of round cake and carving a curved top. For me, the hardest challenge was rolling the fondant out big enough to cover the entire cake. Since it was an awkward shape I had to use 2 layers of fondant because the first layer split and didn't go on as smoothly as planned. I also made a miniature version of the cake for the Minion - Haha! A cake within a cake! I call it cakeception! Once the cake was covered the rest was history!
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