3D Minion

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 250 g margarine or butter
• 200 g sugar
• 1 vanilla sugar
• 5 eggs, size M
• 250 g flour
• 1 packet of baking powder
• 2 cups eggnog
• 150 g chocolate sprinkles
• 400 g cream
• 600 g dark chocolate coating
• 120 g butter
• 750 g fondant, yellow
• 250 g fondant, blue
• 200 g fondant, black
• 150 g fondant, white
• 10 g fondant, brown, for the pupils

Instructions

Working time approx. 5 hours; Rest period approx. 2 days; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 2 days 6 hours

Beat the fat, sugar, and vanilla sugar until fluffy. Gradually add the eggs and mix until smooth. Combine the flour and baking powder and stir in a spoonful at a time. Stir in 2 cups of eggnog. Finally, fold in the chocolate sprinkles. For the Minion, I pour the mixture into two 18 cm springform pans. I bake the cake twice, so I end up with four small cakes. My oven bakes for about an hour at 180 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit) using top and bottom heat. Please adjust this time to your oven’s individual needs. Let the cake cool for at least a day. To make the base, you will need three and a half cake layers. Cut off the bumps on top of two of them. One layer remains as it is. The last layer is cut in half, using only the bottom layer, the one without the bump. The ganache is made as follows: Chop the chocolate coating into small pieces and place it in a bowl. Bring the cream to a boil, add the butter, and melt it. Pour everything over the chocolate—not the other way around!—and wait a while. Then mix everything together loosely until a homogeneous mixture forms. After 3-4 hours at room temperature, it’s ready to use. Use the ganache to glue the cake layers together, as well as for coating the edges. Place two whole, straightened cake layers on top of each other, then the half layer, and finally the layer with the bump. Spread the ganache between the layers. Then, shape the top surface to create a nice curve. Continue to cover the entire layer with the cream, making it as smooth as possible. Refrigerate the cake overnight to allow it to set. Then, cover the cake with yellow fondant. I first covered the entire outside and then the top. You should think about where the cut should be beforehand. The glasses strap will be placed over it, so you won’t see it anymore. I ordered 1 kg of yellow fondant for this, but I still have 250 g left. Then I cut out a blue border about 4 cm high and attached it to the foot end. I added flaps at the front and back, and added straps to both. A small pocket at the front is a must. I simply made my own stencil out of fine cardboard. I used 250g of blue fondant. Then I shaped eyes out of white fondant with brown eyes and black pupils. For the glasses, I mixed black fondant with white to create a gray color. I cut these out with glasses and let them dry before gluing them on. The glasses strap is made of black fondant. Shape the arms, hands, legs, and feet and attach them. I mixed 50g of boiled water with Kukident adhesive to stick them on. That worked well. The arms didn’t stick very well, so I attached them with a toothpick. Basically, the sky’s the limit. I pressed in the mouth with a glass. There are many different Minions, and the internet offers many variations. It took me a good four hours to cover the Minion!