A sweet gift for any holiday will not leave anyone indifferent. A suitcase with money made in the form of a cake is unusual and original. It is very simple to do it with mastic. With your own hands, you can give a cake to your beloved both for your birthday and on February 23.
To make a cake “Suitcase with money” at home, you do not need any big expenses. No need to use confectionery bags, as they are not useful here. To complement the cake, you can buy chocolate coins. If you did not find them, then make from mastic.
Inventory list
In order to simplify the work with mastic and it was easier to complete the “Suitcase with money”, you need the following tools:
- silicone mat for rolling mastic, knife, rolling pin;
- foil;
- scissors and any shoulder blade;
- an iron that is designed to align the mastic;
- brushes, glue gel;
- a tube for baby juice;
- foam sponge;
- vodka;
- brown dye, preferably liquid;
- golden kandurin;
- coins.
Cake can be decorated with banknotes, both real and edible, which are sold in special pastry shops. You can also use various beads that can be eaten. To complement the “Suitcase with money”, you can hang a label on it, it can also be made of paper or edible mastic.
Cooking
Take any rectangular cake as the basis, the easiest way is to bake a biscuit, and the cream can be made as you wish. Cover the top of the cake with cream, then give it the shape of a suitcase, smooth the corners, make the top rounded. But the corners can be left sharp, this is not so important.
Cook the mastic. Any, both purchased and made independently, will do. Coins are easier to buy ready-made, and to make them at home, you need to cut out circles from mastic, paint them with golden kandurin and dry them.
Making a cake
You should start with the simplest, namely with pens:
- From the foil, make an imitation of a pen.
- Cut a curved strip from mastic. Lay the foil blank in and roll up.
- Glue the edges of the handle.
- If there is too much, then you can cut off with scissors.
- In order for the handle to be believable, you can draw strips on it, which will mean a seam.
Next, go to the bottom of the cake. Roll a long strip, wrap it around the bottom of the entire circumference. In height, it should be half the cake. Follow the directions below:
- Glue the strip carefully, there should be no air in it, and make a seam at the back.
- Bend the upper edge a little inward, use a kitchen spatula for this . After that, you can proceed to the top of the cake.
- Roll a large sheet to cover the top of the money case. To release excess air, use an iron; if not, use a regular can lid (sterile or new).
- Cut off the bottom excess, but leave a little overlap on the bottom.
- The upper part is also deepened inward using the same spatula.
- Align the sides.
Cake decoration
There is the last stage, there is nothing complicated in it either, let's start:
- Cut two strips. Their length should be two lengths of the cake.
- We cut each strip at an acute angle (only on one side).
- Make two small rectangles for your decor.
- Make four harnesses: two are longer and two are shorter.
- Long form a horseshoe, put a short across, it will be a plaque.
- Glue the handle gently.
- Glue small strips on the bottom of the cake from the outside.
- Make an imitation of a line, you can use scissors.
- In large strips, make holes in the tube.
- Glue the straps along the entire length of the suitcase. But first, push the ends into the fastener on the sharp side, and then also glue them.
- To make the fasteners have a golden color, cover them with golden kandurin.
- Dilute the dye with vodka, use a sponge to paint the entire cake. For a bright color after drying, you can repeat this procedure several times.
- Put banknotes and coins into the joints of the suitcase.
- Fasten the tab.
As you can see, this is not too difficult to do. Photo of the cake "Suitcase with money" you can see above.