Guitar Cake

Here's a pic of my latest cake. I was asked to make an electric guitar cake so I decided to make a copy of a Fender Stratocaster. I found a picture of a Stratocaster online, printed it out and enlarged it until I was happy with the size. If you know what these guitars are supposed to look like you'll know that I missed a few details. I was rushed for time so I left some things off. It's made from Butter cake and buttercream icing. The letters were made using FMM Funky Alphabet cutters. I hope you like it.

Custard Tarts

I've been asked by my brother many times to make him custard tarts and finally I did. They were very easy to make and tasted brilliant. I must admit on this occasion I didn't make the pastry cases due to lack of time but normally I would make them myself. When I was growing up I didn't really like custard tarts because of the texture of the custard but I loved this recipe. If you like custard tarts I highly recommend you try these.

Recipe for custard filling:

1 tab cornflour

265g caster sugar

600ml cream

6 whole eggs, plus 2 yolks

1 tsp vanilla extract

grated fresh nutmeg

Method:

Preheat oven to 160 degrees.

Place cornflour and sugar in a bowl and stir in cream.

In a separate bowl, beat eggs and extra yolks, then add to sugar mixture with vanilla extract and stir well.

Pour filling into cases, sprinkly with nutmeg and bake until just set. approx. 15 minutes

Be careful not to overcook as it will rise out the top of the pastry cases and change the texture of the custard. I ended up making 48 small custard tarts from this recipe.

Enjoy!