"Lots of ladybugs"
If your daughter might want a cake with lots of ladybugs on it for a children's birthday party, then you can easily make this cake decoration from marzipan yourself. How to do it is explained here.
If you want a lot of ladybugs on your child's birthday cake, you can of course buy this cake decoration at a high price in the store, or you can simply make it yourself. Here is an explanation of how easy it can be.
Coloring the marzipan paste - this is how it works
- Cut the marzipan mixture into small pieces and place them in a mixing bowl.
- Now add the food coloring and knead everything with the hand mixer for a few minutes.
- Sprinkle the work surface with powdered sugar and knead the marzipan by hand until the mass is evenly colored. Work in as much food coloring as you like until you like the shade of red.
Making lots of ladybugs - it's that simple
- Now shape the marzipan mixture into ladybirds. Shape a larger ladybug and lots of small ones.
- If you have made enough ladybird bodies, you must of course give the cute marzipan animals the right look.
- Use the brown sugar script for this. Paint a semicircular line for the head and then a line that divides the body in half.
- Now paint the ladybirds their dots in both halves.
- Now let the whole thing dry for about 1 to 2 hours. Now decorate the cake with the marzipan figures as you like. Complete!
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If you have the cake decorated with the many little ladybirds, your child is guaranteed to be delighted. The great thing about it is that you can also nibble away the decoration afterwards, because the homemade ladybugs taste much better than the marzipan decorations that you have bought ready-made. Bon Appetit!
