Simple Number Cake Toppers And Name Plaques 簡單蛋糕數字插牌和名牌

I’d love to show you how I create my number cake toppers as well as name plaques. They are very simple to make and will definitely make your cake super special. I ususlly make these decorations with modeling chocolate as it tastes a lot better than fondant. You can make modeling chocolate with either real or compound chocolate in any amount you want as long as you follow the ratios. If I have plenty of time, I would bake some cookies then lay my modeling chocolate on top…so yummy!

今天EC分享的是蛋糕數字插牌和名牌的製作過程，這些裝飾不但做法非常簡單，而且可令蛋糕更加個人化。EC喜歡用塑形朱古力做蛋糕裝飾品，因為它的味道比翻糖好。無論是真朱古力還是合成朱古力（如免調温朱古力片）均可做成塑形朱古力，只要按照份量比例，做多做少亦沒有問題。如果時間充裕，EC甚至會先用牛油曲奇做成插牌的底部才鋪上塑形型朱古力，這樣的組合是最美味了！

Simple Number Cake Toppers And Name Plaques
簡單蛋糕數字插牌和名牌

What you need

Modeling chocolate (see recipe and video tutorials here)
Food coloring gel
Small rolling pin
Cookie cutters
Paint palette plate or small bowl
Paintbrush
Pearl dust
Lemon extract or vodka
Toothpicks
Melted chocolate or edible glue

材料

塑形朱古力（食譜及短片教學請按這裡）
食用色膏
小擀麵棍
曲奇印模
水彩碟或小碗
畫筆
珍珠色粉
檸檬香油或vodka
牙籤
溶朱古力或可食用膠水

Directions 做法

For the number toppers 數字插牌

Roll out modeling chocolate really thick (I place a pair of chopsticks under my rolling pin as a guide). Cut out the number(s) with number cookie cutters. If you don’t have any cutters you can always print from an online template , cut out the number, place that piece of paper on top of the modeling chocolate then cut around it with a sharp knife.
將塑形朱古力壓至如筷子般厚（可用一雙筷子“朗”起擀麵棍），用數字曲奇模印出數字。沒有印模可在網上搜尋數字圖案，印在紙上剪出圖案，再將圖案放在塑形朱古力上用小刀沿圖案邊緣切出。

In a paint palette plate, mix pearl dust (I use white) with lemon extract to form a paste. Paint mixture onto numbers with a paintbrush. Let dry.
水彩碟內倒入適量珍珠色粉（EC用白色），加入少許檸檬香油混合成顔料，用畫筆塗在數字上，待酒精揮發變乾。

Insert toothpicks from the bottom of the numbers. For some tricky numbers that don’t have a flat bottom or straight side (like 7 and 9), you may need to use floral wire. I wouldn’t recommend eating any decorations containing wires for safety’s sake. Please wrap any protruding wire with floral tape.
將牙籤從數字底部插入，底部傾斜的數字如7和9或許要使用鐵線，因安全理由，含鐵線的裝飾最好不要食用，外露的鐵線亦最好裹上膠帶（floral tape）。

For the name plaques 名牌裝飾

Roll out modeling chocolate of contrasting colors to about 1/8 inch thick. With a smaller circle and a bigger scalloped cutter, cut out shapes from each color then glue them together with melted chocolate. Wait for 10 to 15 minutes until it firms up.
不同顏色的塑形朱古力用擀麵棍壓至1/8吋薄，用圓形及比圓形稍大的花邊形曲奇印模印出形狀，以溶朱古力將形狀黏合，待乾（約十至十五分鐘）。

Personalize the name plaque (I couldn’t find my small paint brush so I wrote with a toothpick dipped in diluted food coloring gel. Then I poked some dots to form two lines with the tail of my toothpick). Let dry.
用牙籤沾顏料在牌上寫上名字（EC以少量水稀釋食用色膏作顏料），再以牙籤尾部刺上兩行線作裝飾，待乾。