Thứ Hai, 28 tháng 3, 2011

Wedding projects: Making heart cakes

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This afternoon, we have Mel’s sweet birdseed favors! Mel originally found these for sale on Etsy by a US seller, but knew they wouldn’t clear customs into Australia so she set out to make them herself!
I made these to use as wedding favours for my upcoming wedding. They’re super easy to make and super cheap!
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What you’ll need:
Silicon molds (I used heart shaped cupcake molds)
Edible gelatine powder
Wild birdseed (Find a mix for your local birds – I used a mix for Aussie parrots)
Metal bowl
Twine and Scissors
What to do:
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Boil up some water – put about 100mL in a metal bowl and sprinkle in 25g of gelatin and stir until it’s completely dissolved.
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Let it cool for a few minutes (don’t let it set – if it does just heat it over the stove again) then mix through 400g of birdseed.
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Press a heaped teaspoon of the mix in the mold and flatten.
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Place a knotted loop of twine on so the loop sticks out the top and cover with more birdseed mix and press in to push out all the air bubbles.
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Place in the fridge overnight to set, then carefully push out of the molds and hang in a dry place so the gelatin completely dries out and hardens. Whalla!
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To display, hang some on a branch in a pot and bag the rest in little stamped muslin bags. Perfect!

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