Nigerian Independence Day Cake
I was asked by a friend who runs a Nigerian restaurant in Edmonton to make a cake for her for a Nigerian Independence day celebration. As soon as she asked me, my Bundles of Aso Oke Cake came to mind. I sold the idea to her and she bought it. This is thus, technically, another Bundles of Aso Oke Cake. Aso Oke is a fabric popular in the Western Part of Nigeria and is worn during functions like weddings and festivals. It is a rich and thick fabric and usually comes in bold colors.
The cakes here are Nigerian Cakes frosted with vanilla buttercream and the designs were made with Marshmallow Fondant.
This technique of rolling fabrics into bundles was one I developed a while back. It is very fascinating and keeps people wondering how the fabrics were folded. It is amazing what one can achieve with fondant and a few tools.
Though the cake was green and white, the colors of the Nigerian flags, I chose to introduce another color to the mix. I did this through a gold bow. A tutorial on how to make these bows can be found here. I also learnt something new while making this cake: Green and Gold are a match made in color heaven.
Happy Independence Day Nigeria and may you grow from strength to strength.
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.
Great work Terry, please how can I achieve the folds effect by the side of it. Do I need so much fondant to cover this cakes?. Thanks
Hi. By making indents on the cake sponge and on the fondant. No you don’t need a lot of fondant.
hi pls how can I make butter cream icing to be white in colour with Nigerian butter
I am not sure what you mean by “Nigerian Butter.” To make buttercream whiter, beat the butter for long until light, fluffy and light in color. Adding some Wilton White White gel paste to the frosting would also help make it white.
Hi terry please do you have pictures of how you achieved this indents. Can you put them up please.
Hi. No I dont.
Sir,pls can you show step by step tutorial on how to do a folderld wrapper cake.thank you
Hi. I do not have one yet.
Will like to learn more sir
You are in the right place then.