Vegan Fairy Cake

Marisa's Vegan Recipes

Feb 6, 20215 min read

Do you know someone who loves fairies? This vegan fairy cake would make the perfect birthday cake for any fairy lover.

I made this cake for my mums birthday, she has always loved fairies so this seemed like the perfect cake for her.

I am so proud of how this cake came out, I was a bit skeptical about the black silhouette on the dark background but I think it looks fantastic.

This cake has 3 fairies; one on a swing (as you can see above), one sitting down with the butterflies and a little girl fairy pointing at one of the butterflies on a toadstool. I also added some grass around the bottom and some pretty flowers too.

It's a pretty easy cake to make; there isn't alot of decorating to it and most of what there is is done using a homemade stencil. That makes this cake a pretty quick one to make as well.

This cake was a huge success and my mum was super happy to see her birthday cake and even happier to eat it.

I'm sure whoever you make this cake for will love it as much as we all did.

Unfortunately my card reader isn't working so my pictures were just ones I took on my phone to send to Katie, which is rather disappointing as it doesn't show just how great this cake is.

I'm just glad that I had the pictures on my phone so that I was able to share this cake with all of you.

Hopefully I will be able to buy a new card reader soon so that my recipes can be shown in better quality but for now I will have to keep using my phone.

This cake has 4 layers. There are 2 x 8" layers in the bottom, a 5" layer and a 2" layer.

Usually I would have cut the top two layers into 2 as well and buttercreamed between them, just as I did with the bottom, however because we are in lockdown I didn't want to make the cake too big.

I usually time my families birthday cakes with the family dinner we have that week, usually a day or two after their birthday. This means there are 8-11 people there to share the cakes.

Due to lockdown, I was unable to share my mums cake with the rest of our family and didn't want her and my dad to have to eat a huge cake by themselves.

Katie, Maxine and I did get to share a little of the cake but mostly my parents enjoyed it to themselves.

To make this cake I covered each layer with fondant and then stacked them together.

I then used a new make up sponge to spread the colour for the background. I started with the dark purple, getting ligher as it went up. I then added a dark pink, getting lighter and an even lighter pink at the top.

Whilst the background dries you can make your stencils.

I drew the grass, and the fairies for the stencil, I then cut them out.

When the background is dry you can paint on the orange moon at the very top of the cake. Then use your stencils and a makeup sponge to put the pictures on.

You can then use a small paint brush to pain the extra details on; I painted the flowers, butterflies, fairy wings and the detail on the tree using the paintbrush.

I hope you love this cake as much as we do!

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Fairy Cake

Ingredients

Cake;

2 ⅔ Cup Self Raising Flour

2 Cups Caster Sugar

2 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda

2 Cup Milk

4 tsp Vanilla Essence

⅔ Cup Vegetable Oil

2 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar

2-3 tsp Vanilla Essence

Icing;

750g Icing Sugar

330g Butter

2 tsp Vanilla Essence

Blue Food Colouring

Extras;

Food Colouring; Purple, Black, Pink, Orange

White fondant - I used about 1.5kg

Method;

Cake;

Preheat the oven to 180C and prepare 2 x 8”, 1 x 5” & 1 x 2” Cake tins.

In a large bowl sift the flour, sugar and bicarbonate of soda. Mix to combine.

Pour the milk, vanilla, oil and vinegar.

Mix until completely smooth.

Pour a third of the mix in each of the 8” tins.

Fill the 5” and 2” cake tins ¾ full.

Place foil over each of the cake tins.

Place the tins in the oven for 10-15 minutes for the smallest cake, 20-25 minutes for the 5” cake and 30-40 minutes for the 2 x 8” cakes.

To test if they are cooked properly place a toothpick into the cake and if it comes out clean the cake is cooked. I like to test a few parts of the cake to make sure it’s all cooked.

Let cool completely before decorating.

Icing;

Place the butter and vanilla in a mixing bowl.

Sift the icing sugar into the bowl

Mix together until you have a smooth, thick buttercream.

Add the blue food colouring until it is the shade you want it to be.

Decorating;

Place one of the 8” cakes on your cake board.

Spread a thick layer of buttercream over the cake and place the second layer of cake

Spread a thin layer around the whole of the cake and smooth it out, this is called a crumb coat as it locks the crumbs in place.

Place the cake in the fridge while you do the same with the other 2 cakes.

Crumb coat both the smaller cakes and place in the fridge for 10-15 minutes.

Spread a thicker layer of buttercream over the 8” cakes and place back in the fridge while you roll your fondant out.

Roll the fondant to be roughly ½ cm thick.

Place it on the 8” cakes and smooth it out so the whole of the cake is completely smooth. Place back in the fridge.

Spread a thicker layer of butter cream over both the smaller cakes and place them in the fridge.

Roll the fondant out to be roughly ½ cm thick.

Smooth the fondant out over both the smaller cakes so they are completely smooth.

Spread a little buttercream on the top of the 8” cakes and place the 5” cake on top.

Spread a little buttercream on the top of the 5” cake and place the 2” cake on top.

Place the cake in the fridge for 30 - 40 minutes while the cakes set.

Add your background colour onto the fondant - I used a dark purple, getting lighter up the cake, darker pink and then lighter pink at the top. Please see the pictures for help.

I used a new makeup sponge to spread the colours.

Place the cake back in the fridge for 20 minutes or until the background colour is dry.

In this time you can make templates for your fairies, grass and flowers. I drew the fairies and grass and then cut it out for the template.

Use orange food colouring to make a moon at the top of the cake.

Place your templates in place and colour them black.

Use a thin paint brush to add the final details. I drew the butterflies, part of the tree and all the flowers this way.

Place the cake in the fridge until you are ready to serve.

Serve

Enjoy!

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