Tea party cake

Cake

• 200 g unsalted butter, cut into pieces and softened, plus extra for greasing (see Tips)
• 680 g plain flour
• 540 g white sugar
• 2 tbsp baking powder
• 2 pinch salt
• 500 g full cream milk
• 2 tsp natural vanilla extract
• 4 eggs, room temperature

Buttercream icing

• 250 g icing sugar (see Tips)
• 120 g unsalted butter, cut into pieces and softened
• 2 tsp boiling water
• ½ tsp natural vanilla extract

Fondant

• 80 g water
• 6 tsp gelatine powder
• 200 g glucose syrup
• 30 g glycerine (see Tips)
• 1240 g icing sugar, plus extra sifted for dusting (see Tips)

Colouring fondant

• food colouring of choice (approx. 5 colors)

Modelling paste

• ¾ tsp tylose (see Tips), plus extra if needed
• vegetable shortening (Copha®)
• sugar glue (see Tips)

Assembly

• sugar glue (see Tips)