Burn away cake
Burnaway Cake
crafted with Wafer Paper
One of the latest culinary sensations to emerge from TikTok is the Burnaway Cake, a visually stunning confection crafted with our Wafer Paper.
Once the wafer paper is in place, the real magic happens. Armed with a lighter, bakers gently pass the flame over the surface of the cake, allowing the heat to interact with the wafer paper and create stunning visual effects. The flames dance across the paper, revealing intricate patterns and designs as they slowly burn away the excess material. The result is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece that is as beautiful as it is delicious.
Appeal of
the burnaway cakes
The choice of using wafer paper for burnaway cakes is not merely a matter of convenience; it's a deliberate and advantageous decision that contributes significantly to the success and appeal of the burnaway cakes.
Wafer paper has a high heat tolerance, making it the perfect canvas for the burnaway technique. When exposed to a lighter, the paper gently chars and caramelizes, creating stunning visual effects without compromising its structural integrity.
Ingredients
Burn-away cake (15 cm)
Preparation time: 1,5 hours
Waiting time: 1,5 hours
Serves: 10
This is a basic burn-away cake recipe, as an example. You are free to use any ingredient of your choice and decorate the cake the way you like.
- 200 grams of your favorite biscuit mix
- 330 grams of your go-to buttercream mix
- 250 grams strawberry cake filling
- 2 drops of key lime flavouring
- +extra supplies needed for the biscuit and buttercream mixes
Baking and decorating supplies
- +Cake pan round Ø15 x 10 cm
- +Cooking spray
- +Palette knife
- +Piping nozzle
- +Piping bag
- +Scraper 25 cm
- +Cake saw/cake leveler 30 cm
- +Sprinkles
- +Lighter
- +1 print on 0.6 mm thick wafer paper, approximately Ø15 cm
- +1 print on icing sheet or 0.3 mm thin wafer paper, approximately Ø15cm
Recipe
Follow the steps for this recipe:
Making the cake and the buttercream
1. Bake the biscuit cake according to the recipe.
2. Don’t forget to spray the cake pan, before adding the mix.
3. After baking let the cake cool down completely on a rack.
4. Mix the buttercream according to the recipe into a smooth cream.
Filling and decorating the cake
1. Slice the cake into 4 equal parts with the cake leveler.
2. Spread the buttercream and the cake filling between the layers
2. Cover the cake all over with a thin layer of buttercream.
3. Place the cake in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
4. Spread a thick layer around and on top of the cake with a palette knife.
5. Scrape the sides and top of the cake completely.
Finalize the decoration
1. Attach the piping nozzle to the piping bag and cut off the end of the bag.
2. Place the remaining buttercream in the piping bag.
3. Cut-out the icing sheet and wafer paper prints to be approximately 1 centimeter larger than the cake.
4. Place the icing sheet on top of the buttercream on the cake.
5. For a height difference between the icing sheet and the wafer paper, pipe 2 layers of buttercream around the edge of the print.
6. Place the wafer print on top of the buttercream.
7. Pipe a decorative border over the edge of the wafer print.
8. Decorate the edge with sprinkles.
When the moment is there, light the wafer!
Want to print the recipe?
You can download our Burn Away Cake recipe as a PDF.