Woot!
October 5th is finally here, I have been waiting for today to arrive and it's finally here, am soooo excited.
At the end of my post yesterday I mentioned that I would be sharing a cake decorating tutorial and so here I am, blogging the said-tutorial :D
Today is special to me because it is one of my favorite musicians' birthday.
I have mentioned about him and his band many times for the last 1 year, and if you guessed Radiohead, yep, you are correct!
I started listening to Radiohead for the first time back in 1992/1993, thanks to their song called CREEP. I have been loving (most of) their songs ever since. And today? It's Radiohead's lead singer, Thom Yorke's birthday.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY THOM!
Asiiiik ada yang ultah loh.
Akhirnya hari yang kutunggu-tunggu pun tiba, yaitu hari ini, tanggal 5 Oktober (meski di teman sudah tanggal 6 yak wkwkwkw).
Hari ini hari yang cukup istimewa bagiku, karena hari ini merupakan hari ulang tahun salah satu musisi kesukaanku. Kalau teman sudah cukup lama mengikuti blog ku, pasti dah bisa nebak siapa gerangan kah musisi tersebut, soalnya aku sering banget nyebutin dia dan band dia yang cukup terkenal di dunia.
Iya, betul teman. Radiohead. Mereka adalah band kesukaanku. Aku suka mereka sejak awal tahun 90an, karena lagu mereka top-bgt banget, yang judulnya Creep. Dulu sering banget di TVRI hahahah Jaman jebot, euy. Eh...ada udah SCTV yak waktu itu, ga ingat, harap maklum dah ubanan hihihih
Jadi hari ini nih merupakan hari ulang tahunnya penyanyi band Radiohead, yaitu si mas Thom Yorke. Selamat Ulang Tahun yah mas Thom!
Nah untuk merayakan hari ultah mas Thom (ceile, dia jadi orang Jawa hari ini wkwkw), aku mau berbagi cara aku buat kue berikut ini. Mirip ga dengan wajahnya mas Thom?
I made this cake for an international contest on FANDOM (as the theme). While most entries were cosplay (movies) related, I think I was the only one that sent in a cake :P Cake is my forte, so yeah, I sent in a cake (tutorial) hahaha Regardless what kind of competitions, when I feel like participating, I make sure no regulations that forbid baked goods or any sweets, so I can send in something from the kitchen hahaha
can attest to that. He had a contest held here on Steemit last year, and I entered a sugar goodie hahahaKue buatanku ini sebenarnya kubuat pas aku gi ikut kontes internasional yang tema-nya adalah FANDOM, fans berat.
Dari puluhan peserta kontes sih, rata-rata mengirimkan tutorial tentang cosplay, bikin kostum, pernak-pernik film dan lain-lain. Kalau tidak salah, hanya tutorialku yang merupakan makanan hahahah Namanya juga tukang kue, yah tentunya hasil karyaku yang berhubungan dengan kue wkwkwkw
To make this cake, you can use any of your favorite cake(s) and buttercream, as long as they are strong enough as they will be covered with fondant, and fondant can be too heavy for cakes that are sponge-type. Square cake is a bit trickier to cover compares to round cake, but I was not worried at all since it was to be consumed by myself (and my kids!!!! - see, I do remember I have kids
, so I do share :P) anyways. So if you decide to make similar cake as mine, don't beat yourself too hard if you don't achieve sharp edges as professional bakers would have.Hari ini sih aku ga bagi resep untuk kue bolunya yah, soalnya teman bisa pakai kue dan krim kesukaan teman sendiri sih, yang penting di lapisi plastik icing atau fondant. Kalau ga mau pakai plastik icing juga ga apa-apa sih, aku ga telaten kalau hanya pakai krim, jadi aku senangnya nutup kue dengan plastik icing, biar rapian dikit hehe
Thom is made all entirely from chocolate. One of the easiest way to decorate a cake is by using a technique called chocolate transfer.
Karakter Thom disini terbuat dari cokelat leleh. Cara ini dikenal dengan sebutan chocolate transfer, dan ini merupakan cara termudah untuk merias kue. Teman hanya perlu mencari gambar yang teman inginkan, dan tinggal di jiplak pakai cokelat leleh.
I found a nice art (a colorful drawing/painting) on the internet of Thom and I wanted to kind of replicate that. First I did not want to print the art, but rather tracing it to parchement paper which I placed on my smart gadget. It was not that easy. Unlike regular paper, parchment is rather slippery even when I sticky-taped it somehow.
Jadi aku minta tolong om Google untuk menemukan gambar yang aku inginkan, dan aku mulai telusuri tuh gambar diatas kertas roti dengan pensil gambar.
So in the end, I printed the art, placed my parchment paper over it, and trace it directly, using melted chocolate, and thought to myself, d'oh, quicker and easier than on top of a gadget screen, so silly me :P
Setelah mulai menelusuri, kok kupikir lebih mudah secara langsung, yaitu dengan mem-print gambar tersebut dan langsuh ku telusuri dengan cokelat leleh ketimbang kudu gambar dulu, terus balik kertas, terus baru ditelusuri dengan cokelat. Kelamaan kan, buang-buang waktu wkwkwk
For each color of chocolate, you want to wait they dry first before adding other colors, so they don't bleed or that you would smear the chocolate mistakenly.
Once the whole trace is filled with chocolate, let it harden in the fridge, and you want it to be totally firm/hard. Thom is pretty thick, so remember not to make your character thin, don't be skimp on the melting chocolate, it would break easily or soften/melt when the weather is too hot
Untuk setiap warna, aku beli cokelat yang warna warni juga. Dan untuk setiap warna, usahakan agak kering dulu sebelum menambah dengan cokelat warna berikutnya. Dengan begitu warna ga tercampur dan temanpun juga ga akan menyentuh cokelat basah yang bisa aja bikin berantakan, yah kan :)
Kalau sudah selesai menutupi gambar dengan cokelat, masukkan ke lemari pendingin/kulkas, biar menjadi keras. Usahakan waktu menutup gambar dengan cokelat, lapisi agak tebal biar pas dah keras ga rapuh dan mudah hancur. Apalagi kalau di negara tropis, cokelat kan agak lunak atau bahkan bisa meleleh kembali dah ahahha
While Thom is hardening, I decorated the tier cakes very simply. As the initial art had Thom against a brick, that is how I decorated the cake. To do so, you only need colorful edible pen.
Obviously I wanted to decorate a little more, so I grabbed an edible paper, and drew music notes (using edible pen as well), which then I cut with scissor. Since Thom Yorke is a brilliant musician, I thought of making music notes coming out of his head, all over, somehow, but decided to just attached one.
Once Thom is hard, peel of the parchment paper. Pipe generous dabs of melted chocolate on the cake to secure Thom. You want to lift Thom carefully, because you know, sometime shits happen :P You might drop it to the floor and there you go, your hard work haha I also did the same for the music note, a melted chocolate on the cake and pressed the paper on it.
Saat menunggu cokelat mengeras, aku sih mainan dengan kuenya. Aku bikin 2 tumpuk kue, jadi lumayan tinggi/besar. Dan karena gambar yang kutemukan di om Google ada gambar batu bata dibelakang Thom Yorke, jadi aku ikutan. Aku gambar batu bata di plastik icing dengan menggunakan pulpen yang terbuat dari pewarna makanan.
Pas cokelat sudah mengeras, aku kasih cokelat leleh di kue, terus tinggal ku "tempel" cokelat ke kue. Jadi deh. Mudah kan? Tapi yah tetep harus hati-hati apalagi pas melepaskan cokelat dari gambar. Kadang tangan kita ga sejalan sama otak :P Cokelat bisa terselip ditangan, jatuh dan pecah. Wadao, bisa menggerutu deh kitanya kalau itu terjadi hehehe Untuk hiasa nota musik, aku gambar di atas kertas yang bisa dimakan (edible paper), juga menggunakan pulpen diatas, dan kutempel di kue juga dengan cokelat leleh.
So there you go. Happy Birthday once again, Thom Yorke!
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