The Making of a Draped Aso Oke Cake

The Making of a Draped Aso Oke Cake

aso oke

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this post, I will be showing you how I made this draped aso oke cake. Aso oke is the name of a fabric which is very common in Nigeria. This cake features this love fabric along with other stenciled designs and gold ornaments. To read more about this cake, click here.

THE PROCESS:

(1) First, make the brooches for the cake. A tutorial on how to make these can be found here.

DSC_0358

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2) Next, make the golden ornaments. Most of them were made using button molds. Some were made free hand. They were made using ivory fondant and brushed with gold luster dust mixed with vodka.

DSC_0470

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3) This step is optional at this point in time. I however chose to make the topper for the cake ahead of time and left it to dry. This was then placed on the cake when it was designed. This step can also be done when the cake is being designed. I just love to do as much ahead of time as possible. To make the aso oke topper:

i. Roll out a long piece of moss green fondant about 6 inches in diameter.

ii. Cut strips of ivory fondant about 1/2 inch wide and place them on the green fondant.

iii. Use a wheel embosser to stitch the edges of the ivory fondant to the green fondant.

iv. Use a ruler and an embosser to make horizontal lines on the fondant. These lines were about 5 mm apart. There is a cake making tool which can be used to do this. I didn’t have the tool and thus did it the old fashion way.

v. Using a small round pipping tip, make holes in the fondant.

vii. Using a pizza wheel, cut out fringes on one end of the fondant.

viii. Invert a cake pan the size of the top tier and fold the fabric on it using tools to make folds, curves, bends, loops and other intricate designs. The fringe should cascade over the cake pan. Leave the topper this way to dry. When it is dry enough to stand on its own, take out the support and leave it to dry thoroughly. I made this a week in advance of the actual cake.

DSC_0346

 

 

 

 

 

 

DSC_0347

 

 

 

 

 

 

DSC_0348

 

 

 

 

 

 

DSC_0349

 

 

 

 

 

 

DSC_0350

 

 

 

 

 

 

DSC_0351

 

 

 

 

 

 

DSC_0352

 

 

 

 

 

 

DSC_0353

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. To design the cake, drape both tiers with fondant. The top tier should be draped in white fondant while the bottom tier should be draped in ivory fondant. Drape your cake board with white fondant. Place the bottom tier on the cake board, insert dowels and stack the top tier on it.

DSC_0445

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Roll out fondant the height of each tier and make horizontal ridges on the bottom part of them using a ruler and an embosser. Wrap both tiers with these fondant.

DSC_0456

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Make some white royal icing and stencil the bottom tier. I have a post here on how to stencil cakes.

DSC_0457

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7) If you have made the topper ahead of time, place it on the cake. Make another sheet of aso oke using the process above and cascade this from the side of the cake to the front. If you did not make the topper ahead, do everything now. Place the brooches at the points where the fabrics meet.

DSC_0459

 

 

 

 

 

 

DSC_0460

 

 

 

 

 

 

(9) Next, mix gold luster dust with vodka and paint the ivory portions of the aso oke.

DSC_0461

 

 

 

 

 

 

(10) Finish the look by placing the gold ornaments on the cake. These were placed in strategic locations on the top and base of the bottom tier. That’s all there is to it. Happy caking!

aso oke

Terry Adido is passionate about showing people how easy it is to recreate restaurant quality meals in the comfort of their kitchens. With a style of cooking he refers to as Afro-European Fusion, his meals are influenced greatly by French and Italian Cuisine with a West African twist. If you love good food, you are in for the ride of your life.

22 comments on “The Making of a Draped Aso Oke Cake
  1. QJ says:

    Awesome work,fellow royal /baker. I love it when culture meets cake and couture. Absolutely tryworthy.

    Yours Royalicingly,
    QueenJoolrie.

  2. Onome says:

    Thanks so much for your tutorial. I live in the US and it is nice to see our Nigerian cake decorators share their skills online. You are truly talented and generous for sharing your talent with us.

  3. uju says:

    Beautiful. Thanks for the tutorial

  4. precious says:

    Nice, this is really wonderful. God bless you

  5. oladipupo doyin says:

    Nice work, tnx 4 the tutorial.

  6. Fountain says:

    God bless your heart

  7. Cindy Myeki says:

    Lovely, so educational, so happy to to have people like yuo around us

  8. VIXY says:

    THANKS SO MUCH ITS ALWAYS NICE OPENING UR PAGE.

  9. Mary Bunmi says:

    God bless you real good Terry, you are truly God sent. Thanks so much for all this wonderful tutorials

  10. suzan says:

    Thanks Terry for this amazing lessons.👍

  11. Kehinde says:

    Good job Terry, thks for this tutorial. God bless you.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*