Page 76 - Hummingbird Bakery Valentine's Day Cakes and Bake

1. Place the first layer of sponge on a board or plate. With a palette knife, smooth
a generous amount of frosting onto the sponge, making sure it is evenly spread

and almost reaches the edges. Place the second sponge layer on top and
smooth on the frosting as you did for the first layer.

2. Add the third sponge layer in the same way. (If you’re making one of our four-
layer cakes, the third sponge layer will need to be topped with frosting and
the fourth layer added too.) Then lightly frost the sides of the cake. This is just
a ‘base coat’ to pick up any loose crumbs.

3. Also give the top of the cake a light base coat of frosting. Now frost the sides
and the top of the cake again, this time with a thicker layer of frosting; it

should be thick enough that you can’t see any of the sponge through the
frosting.

4. Using the flat tip of the palette knife, add texture to the sides of the cake by
gently pulling the palette knife upwards, from bottom to top, to create lines in
the frosting.

5. Again using the flat tip of the palette knife, create the pattern on the top of the
cake by starting from the outside edge and pulling the knife over the frosting

and into the middle in gentle curved lines.