Welcome to How To Cook That I am Ann Reardon and today after so many requests we are making
a Baymax cake from Big Hero 6.
You can make just Baymax or you can make Hiro too, I'll show you how to both of them for
this one.
The first thing you'll need to do is bake six 20cm cakes, and I am using my rich chocolate
cake, you can find the recipe and the video for that on the HowToCookThat.net website
on the Baymax blog post.
And there you can also get the template for this cake, you'll need to print that and cut
it out.
Once your cakes are cooled level off the tops using a knife or a cake leveler and then we''re
ready to start.
Take the circle template that's numbered 1 and place it over the cake.
Then using a serrated knife cut around the template.
Now a standing up cake like this one is going to need some structure to hold it up.
And when we made the Minion cake I showed you how to use a wooden cake board and supports
and you can use that for this too and that's what I would suggest you use.
But some people asked what can you do if you don't have a drill so this time I'm using
a purchased plastic support system to test it out.
The pieces slot together they don't screw so I suspect it won't be strong enough for
a cake this big but we'll try anyway.
I've put it to one side of the cake board because we want room for Hiro but if you're
just making Baymax then you can put your support in the middle instead.
Make a hole in the centre of your cake for the support rod to go through, and do the
same with your next cake, we haven't cut that one it's just a 20cm cake.
Put some of your frosting on top and I'm using a mixture of buttercream and white chocolate
ganache for this and then place them onto the cake support.
Then because these cake supports are pre-made to set heights we'll have to cut a thin layer
of cake to build it up to the next layer of support.
If you are using your own and you're using the wooden ones then you can just put the
supports where it works with the cakes.
Add that thinner layer of cake followed by that next support.
and then add another cake.
The reason why you need the piece of support in the middle there is that otherwise the
weight of the cake would just squash it down.
Hold up your body template and check where you are up to, add another cake on top.
And then once you are up to the top one then cut out the circle number 5 so that you've
got that smaller circle.
Put a hole through the middle and add it to the top.
Place the body template in front of the cake and cut around that Baymax shape that you've
got there.
Turn your cake 90 degrees so your looking at the other side of it and using that same
template cut it around so that you've cut off the extra cake.
This will leave you with a shape like this, it's rounded on four sides and then kind of
a bit square on the others so you need to use a knife and just carve it to match it
so that it's smooth and rounded the whole way around, a bit like a Mister Potatohead.
Place the side template over one side of the cake and we want to flatten out the area on
the front chest.
So he's got like a big belly and a bit flatter in the chest area.
Now take a spatula and cover the whole cake in a thin layer of frosting.
And the frosting recipe is one the website too.
And this is getting pretty wobbly, I'd suggest only use these pre-made systems if you're
doing a small cake and if you're doing something big like this spend your money on buying a
drill instead and make your own support.
You could of course make him sitting down as well if you'd rather do that.
Take some of the cake that you trimmed off and crumble it up.
Then add some frosting and mix it through.
We are going to use this mixture to make his legs.
Roll it into a fat cylinder shape, place it on the leg template and then shape it the
right size, just squashing and reshaping it there.
Repeat that on the other leg, then make and indent for your middle support rod because
when we put those legs on we want them close together so that it hides that support.
Add the legs into place, just adjust the height as you need to make them fit properly.
And once you are happy with them, take them off the cake and put them on a plate in the
fridge.
I like to put the whole cake in the fridge too for that first layer of frosting to firm
up.
While that is in the fridge we are going to make Hiro's face so grab the face template
and roll a ball of fondant.
Then using the palms of your hands roll it narrower at one end for the chin.
So that it is the same size as the one on the template.
Then take a chunk of fondant and place it underneath some baking paper under the back
of the head or the back of the chin area to support it.
Line up the bottom of his chin with the template then at the level of the bottom of his nose
make an indent going across.
Then using the pointy end push up to make a nostril and then do that again to make the
other one.
Once you've got those use the two little fingers and push either side.Now this is making the
bridge of his nose and it's also making the indent at the top there for his eye area so
you can start to see where the eyebrows are going to be.
Then use your tool to help you define the sides of his nostrils and across the top of
the nose to make a cute little button nose.
Once you are happy with that, cut a piece off a drinking straw and cut it up the middle
so that you can open up the straw.
Use that to make a cut where his mouth is.
Pull open the bottom of the mouth and then lift up the top lip, in most people if you
look side-on you'll see the top lip is coming forward a bit from where the nose is.
Then close his mouth and make an indent down from the side of his mouth down his chin,
just a little one, then push this up and smooth it out to make his bottom lip.
Now for his eyes, his eyes are shut because he's giving Baymax a big hug.
Just define the brow a little more and make sure it's angled downwards angle like on the
template and then roll two tiny balls of fondant making them slightly teardrop shaped towards
the outside of the eye.
And then just place them into place and once they're there just adjust it a bit to make
sure they are the same spot, you don't want one higher than the other.
Take some black gel food colour and a small paintbrush.
And it's a good idea to have a scrap of fondant that you can just brush on and practice on
to make sure it's going to look right.
And then paint on his eyebrows going downwards just like we've got on the template there.
Now carefully draw a little line going across the eyelid so that we can see that his eyes
are shut and that's the line where they're shut.
Use a little bit of pink luster dust on a dry paintbrush just to brighten up his cheeks.
Now for his ears roll a little ball of fondant, squash it on one side and poke a hole in it
and put that into place.
Now ears generally go from the eye level to the mouth level so just pop that on the side
of the head lining up there.
And repeat that on the other side.
Place a cake pop stick down the middle so that we can hold him by that without squashing
his face while we do his hair in a minute.
Now for his legs.
Roll some fondant onto two cake pop sticks and keep rolling it around until you get it
nice and skinny at the ankles.
I'd suggest making these fondant details, his face and his legs, at least a couple of
days ahead so they can dry out and be firm when you are adding them to the cake.
I'm not doing that today because I'm getting it all filmed for you in one day but if you
are making it yourself then definitely do it ahead.
By now your cake should be ready for a second coat of frosting, cover it over with more
frosting.
Now the first coat we did is called a crumb coat and what that does is it catches all
the crumbs so this second coat is nice and clean.
Once you've covered it take some acetate or thin plastic, curve it and run it up the sides
of the cake to smooth it.
Now we want to wrap the whole cake in fondant, and I am going to make the join at the front
of mine because Hiro will be covering most of that.
If you're not making Hiro then you'll want to make your join at the back.
Put the fondant on the cake like a coat wrapping it around, then just lift and place it there,
smoothing it out just lift and smooth until you've got it joining at the front.
Squeeze those two parts of fondant together and then trim of some of the excess from around
the base and smooth the fondant around the body.
Trim a bit more off the join and squeeze together those pieces and then trim it off nice and
close and rub it to smooth down.
Now cover the legs in a thin coat of buttercream and wrap them up in fondant a bit like you
are wrapping up a present.
Squeeze it up on the top and trim off the excess.
Then add the legs into place pushing them in to hide that central support.
Now back to Hiros legs.
Roll a cylinder of brown fondant the size of this pants leg.
And then trim off the skin fondant at about knee height.
Now make a hole in the base of the pants, just making that big so that it's thin around
the edge and add the leg into the middle.
Because he is leaning forward to hug Baymax the excess fabric should be swinging out at
the front of his legs so just push it to one side.
Now make a line down one side of the leg and add fabric creases going down from that line.
Next add some little hem stitching marks around the edge.
To make the pocket cut a strip the width shown on the template then cut another two really
thin strips and place them along the side edge of the pocket.
Just use a little bit of water to make them stick on there.
Then trim it across the top and base to make it the right height.
Then cut another strip and place it across the top.
Now use a toothpick to make stitching lines and you have a very neat pocket.
We want to roughen it up a bit so it looks a bit more like it is fabric so it flows and
has some curves rather than exact straight lines.Then use a little bit of water and add
it into place.
For his shoe roll an oval of black and flatten it out at the toe end and then trim the heel
cutting straight down using a knife.
Make a hole where his foot should go into the shoe and then continue to shape it so
that it matches the template.
Now use a knife to cut out a little triangle on each side so you're defining where the
tongue of the shoe is separated from the back of the shoe.
Place it onto some white fondant that you've rolled out and cut around it to make the sole
of the shoe.
Use your fingers to smooth around the edge so that you don't have any rough bits.
Put a tiny bit of water on the front and then add some really thinly rolled white fondant
across the top front bit of the shoe there.
And then lift up the shoe and using a knife cut around the white just above the sole so
you got a line of black going around there.
Then draw a line down the side with a knife right down where the tongue goes or where
the sides come up.
And then roll a super thin flat snake of white fondant and use a skewer to poke it into the
shoe, take it across the shoe and poke it in again on the other side.Then back across
towards us again and then poke it in again so you are adding the shoe laces up the boot.
Once you get to the top make a loop and push it into the middle, then another loop and
push it in and then just pull those loops down so they're hanging down and it covers
the hole.
For his hands, we want to roll a snake of fondant and make it thinner at the wrist.
Flatten out the hand part and cut out a triangle so that we have his thumb a bit separate from
his fingers.
Now make three cuts for his fingers.
Using your knife gently push to round the tops off, we don't want square fingers.
Then with your knife gently indent the tops of his fingers in the middle about at the
level where his knuckles would be.
And then make an indent for his finger nails as well and you can use a straw for this.
Now make a snake of white for his shirt and make a hole at one end just like we did when
we were making his pants.
Trim the arm a little bit shorter and make that end pointy and place it into the sleeve.
Using your template on the side of the body see where the oval of grey goes on Baymax's
body and put that into place.
Then again checking with your template add Hiro's arm.
Now most of his arm is lost under Baymax's big soft body so just squash it down and trim
it off.
Add an oval of grey to his leg and then add that again on the other side and add the other
oval of grey and the other hand and make sure you add the badge to his chest.
Realistically there is no way that Hiro's arms are this long, they couldn't reach all
the way around but we're going to make it look like what it looks like in the movie.
Roll out some bright blue fondant thinly and use it to cover the base board.
Because Baymax is so white it is nice to add some colour here to brighten up the cake.
Now for Hiro's hair.
Use the template to cut out what the back of his hair.
Cut the top jagged too just so we don't have a straight line there and add it on.Now he
looks a bit like he's got a very receding hair line, don't worry we'll fix that.
Cut some jagged strips for around the side and place them on one at a time around the
front of the head.
Now don't forget that one one big chunk of hair that comes down between his eyes.
For his t-shirt roll a cylinder of red then flatten it out so it is a bit more box like.
Then bend the top around for the top of his arms reaching up and then split the top into
two.
Add a cake pop to the side of the cake at the level where you want Hiro's head to sit.
Remove the upright stick from his head and then add his head into place.
In hindsight I've done this the hard way around, I should have started with the feet instead
of with his head.You can do it the other way.
Now place his red shirt on using a little water to hold it into place.
And flatten out the arms onto the side of the cake.
Now if you don't have any helpers and you've gone head down to feet like I did you can
use a cup to support the body while it sticks onto the cake.
Add a few more bits of black hair to the top of his head and add in the legs.
Yes it definitely would of been easier to start with the legs, I don't know what I was
thinking.
And now roll a ball of white to make Baymax's head and shape it to match the template.
Cut out two eyes and roll a tiny snake.
Add the snake and then add the eyes.
Then use two cake pop sticks to hold the head into place.
Now do the same thing with the arms.
You can make these out of rice krispies like I showed you how to do with the Hulk fist
on the Avengers cake so that they're not too heavy for the side of the cake.
Add another oval to Baymax's elbow and his other arm and some fingers onto the back of
Hiro's head.
Then add a little bit more hair, like a tuft of hair going over the top of his fingers
and it's done.
Baymax is giving Hiro a big hug.
Now my top tips for this cake, are use a stronger cake stand and definitely let your fondant
head and legs dry out completely for a couple of days before adding them to the cake.
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