Doctor Who : Tardis Cake How to make.

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Those of you that follow my facebook page would probably already know that my 6 year old is a massive Doctor Who fan. This handsome little guy has been watching Doctor Who since he was 3 years old! Yeah I know right, what child sits still and watches complete episodes of this quirky show? ! Um Hello that would be mine!

A day after his 5th birthday he told me sternly "Mummy for my next birthday I want a Doctor Who cake. Can you please make it?" Well at the time I said yes, but didn't realise he was going to hold me to it! Fast forward almost 12 months and the pressure was on. I had made my first ganache/fondant covered cakes only a  couple of  months earlier so i wasn't sure how or what i was going to pull off. I had envisioned some type of round cake with a few DW toppers- nothing fancy or two difficult...

Weird brain 
activity occurs...

And suddenly a week before his birthday I find myself planning on a 3D Tardis cake! Um what the? Yes crazy I know! It may look simple at first but when you think about the straight lines and my not so steady hand it starts to unravel itself as the most difficult cake I have ever made.

tutorial doctor who cake

I ran into a few issues along the way and learned lots of new skills from the major mistakes I made like having enough cake to start off with! Also I wasn't confident in covering such a large rectangle so my method is a little unconventional and probably more related to a gingerbread house technique!  Ohhhh! And planning enough time to complete it. (I literally had no time to cover the cake board) I also had to use my cobweb laden corner of the brain that has some form of  mathematics ability! EEEK!

In the end though, I am really proud of this cake, not just because my son absolutely loved it but also because I accomplished my goal of making straight edged ganache.  I think I did darn well for a first time and hopefully next time I will get my fondant even straighter.

So now that I have raved on about my TARDIS, here is a few visual steps on how I made my son's birthday cake, start to finish...
how to make the best Tardis cake recipe
Planning and Cutting Fondant panels

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Making the light, dusting to age panels, stacking layers

ganache and stacking a rectangle cake
Making ganache that sets over night, getting the level
right before ganache on the outside. 

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Putting the Tardis cake together was tricky!

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