4lb portion of Yo’s Deep Red Velvet Cake
1 x recipe Italian Meringue Buttercream
Simple Syrup
31/2lbs Satin Ice White Fondant
Wilton Burgundy Icing Colour
Wilton Golden Yellow Icing Colour
Wilton Black Icing Colour
Seedless Raspberry jam

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2 x 8” Diameter Stainless Steel Bowls, prepared with parchment
Small Serrated knife
Rubber spatula
Small offset spatula
Small straight spatula
Paring knife
Ruler
Sculpting tool
Scalpel
Brush
Surgical gloves

Preperation

Prepare Red Velvet Cake

Prepare your red velvet batter and pour into prepared pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 1hr and 40 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out completely clean. Let cool completely in their pans.

Prepare Buttercream and Simple Syrup

Prepare the Italian Meringue Buttercream & Simple Syrup. Set aside.

Carve Cakes

Using a serrated knife, carve your cake into a rounded brain shape. Carve small slivers at a time. Carve out a dividing line in the center of the brain where the hemispheres would be divided. Repeat the same process horizontally along the back of the brain.

Crumb Coat and Chill

Soak with simple syrup, crumb coat, and chill in the fridge. Then apply another thin layer of buttercream to really get the fondant to stick.

Create Brain Pattern

Use coloured fondant rolled into tubes to create the wavy pattern of the human brain, approximately 1cm in diameter. Use your paring knife, or a scalpel, to trim your fondant tubes and fit them in place.

Add Definition

Leave definition between the two hemispheres of your brain. I placed a small ruler in the crevasse to help guide my fondant tubes.

Sculpt Cerebellum

Use the remaining fondant to sculpt the cerebellum. Lay your cerebellum onto your cake board or stand first. Then rest your red velvet brain cake on top.

Add Details

Use a sculpting tool to further indent the corners and curves in your brain wave pattern.

Paint on Blood

Stir any lumps out of your seedless raspberry jam with your brush. Then paint the jam onto your brain cake.

Congratulations!

If all went well, you should see something that looks like this...

Preperation

Prepare Red Velvet Cake

Prepare Buttercream and Simple Syrup

Carve Cakes

Crumb Coat and Chill

Create Brain Pattern

Add Definition

Sculpt Cerebellum

Add Details

Paint on Blood

Congratulations!

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Prepare Red Velvet Cake

Prepare Buttercream and Simple Syrup

Carve Cakes

Crumb Coat and Chill

Create Brain Pattern

Add Definition

Sculpt Cerebellum

Add Details

Paint on Blood

Congratulations!

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