Let me know how you get on and I wish you a really speedy recovery. I know how difficult it is to do anything when you’re on crutches. I usually use a rectangular baking tin for this cake which is 8 x 10 inch (20 x 26cm) but I know that’s not an every day size so I am also going to show you how to use a square tin to get the same template. My square tin here is 9 x 9 inch (23 x 23cm) I use regalice and Renshaw’s brands the most. They are softer and more maleable than the ones you get at the supermarket. When baking – the side part and bottom of the cake bakes first and the middle part in the later stage .Grease paper lining inside or baking strip lining on the outside of the tin or pan is always advisable if the baking is prolonged for any reason – this extra lining will reduce burning or drying of the side and bottom of the cake. Add any sleeve details and badges or logos to the front of the shirt. You don’t have to copy the real shirt exactly. The colour of a shirt is a big giveaway so making it personal with the age as the number on the shirt and the name on the front always seems to go down well.

I’ve heard of adding a bowl of water to your oven when you bake bread as it creates a nice, shiny, crust but I’ve never tried it with cakes before. I know that it creates a steamy environment. I must try that some time. Send that special someone some birthday wishes with our terrific Football Team Shirt Cake!Just let us know your favourite team and our decorators will choose 2 colours for the shirt and other decoration to match. You can personalise the shirt with a number.Perfect for a delightful gift for an informal party at home, or even a party intended for a multitude of guests – this freshly baked party cake tastes, as good as it looks. TheFootball Shirt Cake comes decorated with an edible sugar age number – meaning that you can customise your cake to suit the recipient’s age, no matter if they’re 1, 101 or anything else in between! If you don't manage to eat the entire cake in one day, don't worry - it can be kept in an airtight container for 3-5 days at room temperature, or wrapped up, placed in a freezer appropriate container, and frozen for up to three months.Since that first cake I have always made sure that the arms of the shirt are positioned close to the body so there are no awkward crevices to fill and no torn icing!. For Decoration: 250g of softened butter, 60ml of milk, 1 tsp of vanilla extract, 500g of icing sugar (sifted), and ready to roll fondant in the two main team colours (e.g. blue and white for Chelsea, red and white for Manchester United, and so on). the recipe will be okay to bake in one go, but if you would prefer to bake two individual cakes (which is what I have been doing recently as I get a much lighter cake then I would probably do 3 times the recipe and halve it. Make sure you only mix up enough for each cake before it goes into the oven (in other words don’t mix up 3 x the ingredients and leave half sitting around till the first cake is baked) as the air that you have mixed into the cake mix will have gone and your second cake won’t rise as well. I made a Madeira Cake just last week which was a little smaller than the one you are making, (it was a 10 inch round) and I tried something different this time. I made double the recipe in the tin and baked that, then later in the day I did it again (twice the recipe) in the same tin. It made two much lighter cakes. It also meant that the cake wasn’t as deep and only took 45 minutes to bake. When I make this cake in one go and cut it in half to add the butter-cream it always takes around 1 1/2 hours to bake at 150 degrees using a fan oven.

Cut the cake in half through the middle and add the butter-cream and jam with a spatula. I always use seedless raspberry jam(heated up for a minute in the microwave to make it runny). Sandwich the two sides together and make sure that the cake is nice and flat.

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Hello Emma!! I love you for being so patient with us and the way you explain? Genius! Thank you n God Bless you! Now my problem,been quite less busy lately so I decided to try baking,I only make cupcakes,I didn’t learn it anywhere, I just google recipes and follow instructions and it usually comes out well, people dnt believe that I didn’t learn it anyways to cut my long story short I only decorate my cupcakes with buttercream and other edible decorations like flowers,sugar beans and the rest, I have never baked a big cake neither have I decorated with fondant or sugar paste, as a matter of fact I don’t even know what sugar paste looks like but someone wants me to make a manu jersey cake for her birthday, she even offered to give me money(best believe I don’t miss out on any opportunity to make money 🙂 ) so apparently I couldn’t say no 😀 but I’m confused and I don’t know where to start from! I’m pretty scared and nervous and I really want to do this not just for the money (well its important too :p) but for the feeling I get everytime I do something people say I can’t do! So please Emmaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp! Thanks a bunch! Muah! Thanks for your comment. I have made this shape cake 4 times now. Twice I made it quite big (4 x my Madiera cake recipe) which I used a 14″ cake tin. I only have a square tin that big so there was plenty of cake off cuts to eat up! But I usually use my rectangular tin which is 20 x 26cm. Next time I have a shirt cake to make I think I will bake two cakes as I don’t think the cake has been deep enough in the past. You can make it any size you want and use my template as a guide. Print out the template. fold it in half lengthways then cut it down till it’s the same size as your cake tin.

Kidadl is independent and to make our service free to you the reader we are supported by advertising.Have a look at the post I wrote on how to work out cake quantities for different sized cake tins (see link below). You’ll see the chart says to increase an 8″ recipe by 2 1/2. I would probably cover the cake in white sugarpaste (regalice) first. Then lay the red stripes over the top. If you keep each stripe rolled out quite thinly (1-2mm) you can gently smooth the edges (along the length of the stripe) with your fingers so that they aren’t obviously layered. Be really careful as you do this as it will distort the straight line if you press too hard. Kidadl cannot accept liability for the execution of these ideas, and parental supervision is advised at all times, as safety is paramount. Anyone using the information provided by Kidadl does so at their own risk and we can not accept liability if things go wrong. Sponsorship & Advertising Policy