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Hi! I'm Emily of British Girl Bakes and I'm going to show you how to decorate
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this uniquely patterned, colourful cake! For this design you'll need a frosted
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cake that's been chilled in the fridge for at least an hour. You'll also need
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acetate or parchment paper which you wrap around the cake so it's the same
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circumference as the cake. You can decide if you want the pattern to be the same
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height as the cake or just covering it part of the way up or creating something
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like a basket around it so that it sticks up over the top. Next we're going
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to prepare the pattern. I'm using candy melts but you can use chocolate instead
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and if you use white chocolate you can tint it whatever colour you like
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I'm melting these at 50% power in the microwave for two minutes and then
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spooning them into ziploc bags, cutting a little bit off one of the corners to
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squeeze it out of. I'm testing the size of the hole by squeezing a little bit
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out onto a spoon to check the thickness of the squiggle. I've weighed the
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acetate down with some objects because it's come off a roll so it's curving up
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at the edges and now I'm squeezing the colours all over the acetate, spiralling
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my wrist to make these circle squiggle shapes. Don't worry if your pattern goes
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off the edges of the acetate because you'll leave those sections behind in a minute. Next I'm lifting the acetate up and
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pressing it against the cake, wrapping it around the cake and pressing gently to
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secure it to the cake. I've ripped off some sellotape ready to go and I'm using
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a piece to tape the end of the acetate to the beginning so it doesn't peel off
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and then putting the wrapped cake in the fridge for about 30 minutes to let the
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patterns set onto the cake. Meanwhile I'm preparing the final touches, melting some
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orange candy melts and spreading them onto some parchment paper with an offset spatula, spreading back and forth until it's smooth and then sliding a
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cutting board underneath the parchment to lift it and chill it quickly in the freezer or you can leave it out at room temperature for about an hour. I have a
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bowl of very hot water and I'm dipping some cookie cutters into it and then
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pressing them into the orange rectangle which has set and the hot cookie cutters
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cut through it without cracking it. I'm spinning the cutter a bit to make sure
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it's gone all the way through and then lifting it up, dipping it back in the hot
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water and continuing to cut out more circles. When I'm finished I'm lifting up
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the excess candy melts, leaving these perfect orange discs behind. To make
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them a bit more exciting I'm brushing them with some of the leftover pink and yellow candy melts, using a paintbrush and painting different sections of each
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disc, sometimes blending the yellow and pink a bit, giving them another splash of
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colour and some texture. My cake has chilled and set so now I can slowly peel
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off the acetate, leaving the pattern attached to the cake. There's a little
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bit of the pattern sticking up over here and I'm breaking it off to keep the whole pattern the same height as the cake and the cake looks stunning like
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this but I'm going to add those little discs now. Because the cake has chilled
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this buttercream is sticking instantly to the cake and it forms a perfect glue
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for the little discs so that they're cascading down one side of the cake and
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putting a few standing up on top. You and adding even more to the cascade, sticking them onto the discs that are
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already there with some more buttercream. And that's it! I hope you enjoyed this
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