I had so much fun making this for my son’s 7th Birthday that I had to share….
Make ears out of fondant
Stage 1 – The Body
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- Make square Victoria Sandwich with buttercream and raspberry jam filling
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- Cut out shoulders by using a plate as a template
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- Cover in buttercream and smooth
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- Cover with fondant and make some detail using an icing smoother
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- Make a cloak with more fondant (using a large triangle-ish template shape
Stage 2 – The arms
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- Make a round Victoria Sponge
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- Cut out a moon shape using a plate as a guide
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- Fill each sleeve shape with butter cream and jam and cover in butter cream
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- Make sleeves out of fondant to cover the sponge and attach to body
Stage 3 – The head
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- Make 2 hemispherical Victoria Sponges
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- Cut a wedge in one, so when assembled the face will tilt forwards
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- Fill with buttercream and jam
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- sandwich together and shape head
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- cover with buttercream
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- Cover with fondant and build up basic face structure
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- build up eyebrows and nose
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- Head and nose detail
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- cut 2 white teardrop spheres for eyes
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- Add moon shaped cut outs for top and bottom eyelids (use a small circle cutter)
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- paint eyes using gel food colouring thinned with gin!
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- Cut out a small semi circle in body, make more hood to hide attachment of head
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- Make ears out of fondant and attach. Hooray! A jedi baker you have become!