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1. I’m not going to show this to George – coz whether its his birthday or not he is going to want me to do a chelsea shirt and then there will be all sorts of trouble with his daddy!

2. Genious…gonna try this tomorrow!

   1. Great. Good luck. Let me know how you get on.

      Em
      Xx

3. Brilliant thanks i’m gonna make my son an Arsenal one for his birthday in a few weeks time, can you recommend a red colouring to use as the one i have isnt brilliant? Leanne x

   1. Hello,

      Thanks for your comment. When it comes to red icing I use Regalice which is a really good quality rollable fondant icing. It comes in packs of 250g blocks and is available from cake decorating shops and on line.

      If you want to use colouring, use a professional paste rather than the bottles of food colour that you get in the supermarkets. The pastes have really good colours and you can use just a little to have a pale colour or a lot for a deeper tone. Also they aren’t as wet and don’t make the regalice sticky.

      I have added both the blocks of regalice and the food colour to my Amazon shop (on the right hand side of the blog) so you can see what the products look like. I hope that helps.

      Personally I would always buy the ready coloured icing as it is quicker, easier and if you need more you know you can pop to the shop and get exactly the same colour.

      Good luck with your cake. I bet it will look brilliant!

      EmmaMT

      1. Thanks Emma 🙂

4. Thank you so much for this! Awesome!

5. HI there,
   Can you recommend a regalice colour to use for a Man City (blue) cake?
   KInd Regards,
   Gwen

   1. Hello,

      I would either start with an Atlantic blue sugarpaste and add white sugarpaste till it’s the perfect colour or start with white sugarpaste and add a tiny bit of food colour paste in baby blue (a tiny bit at a time- use a toothpick) If you are colouring white sugarpaste try and do it the day before so it has time to take and sink in properly. That way it doesn’t end up dying your hands!

      I hope that helps

      EmmaMT

6. Hi to do a red and white striped red footie shirt, would you cover with white regalice first then lay the red stripes over and just wondering as this will leave a slight groove with the stripes being laid on top

   1. Why do they have to make football shirts so complicated!!

      I would probably cover the cake in white sugarpaste (regalice) first. Then lay the red stripes over the top. If you keep each stripe rolled out quite thinly (1-2mm) you can gently smooth the edges (along the length of the stripe) with your fingers so that they aren’t obviously layered. Be really careful as you do this as it will distort the straight line if you press too hard.

      I don’t think it matters too much if there is a slight bump between the red and white of the shirt. If the shirt is the right colour/design and has the logo/badge the footie fan will love it. They ALWAYS do!

      It’s also worth mentioning that the red sugarpaste can mark the white. If this happens use a paintbrush dipped in alcohol to remove it. Alcohol doesn’t make the sugarpaste look shiny as it evaporates.

      Hope this helps and good luck.

      EmmaMT

      p.s. You can always add a scarf over any areas that aren’t neat enough for your liking. No-one would ever know. They’d just think you’ve gone the extra mile.

7. Thank you so much for this template im just a hobbie baker, and the cake came out very good Thank you so much Hayley x

   1. So glad I could help Hayley.

8. It’s useful!!!thank you,I’ll try it tomorrow
   I want to make a simple football shirt cake as this photo http://www.footballtshirtuk.com/image/cache/products/Arsenal 18 SQUILLACI Away Football Shirt 2011 2012-300×350.jpg

   1. Hello,

      Thanks for your comment. I bet your cake will look great.

      Good luck

      EmmaMT

9. I am making a football Jersey cake this weekend. How high roughly should the cake be before i fondant it? You’ve done such a fab job on yours.

   1. Hello,

      I think cakes look best when they are deep. I used to make them 2″ deep which is good but I now go for 3″ deep as that looks better and let’s face it – another inch of cake is always going to be a winner!

      Hope that helps

      EmmaMT

10. Hi emma, this is such a great help…thank you 🙂 Are you able to tell me how you make the scarves please. Thanks

    1. Hello,

       To make the scarf I start by cutting out a long strip of white sugarpaste. I then cut another piece the same width in black (or whatever colour) and cut the stripes out. I lay the stripes on top and gently smooth them with the palm of my hand being careful not to squidge the edges so that they don’t go all wonky. If the length is moved and no longer straight I trim a mm or two off using a pizza slice. (Pizza slices are essential sugarpaste cutters in my opinion!)

       I then position the scarf over the cake using a little royal icing to hold it in place. This is a great way to hide any imperfections but don’t tell anyone I told you so! To make the fringe I cut a square piece of sugarpaste out and use a sharp knife to cut the tassles. As I cut I lift the knife away in an upwards motion so that the strands sit tossled and look more natural. I then secure them in place. Finally I add the football team embelem.

       Hey presto a football shirt with a difference!

       Hope that helps

       EmmaMT
       x

11. This is a new venture for me, am quite nervous about it. How do I go about making a striped shirt?

    1. Ooooh that sounds like fun! I have tried to make striped shirts before by rolling two strips of sugarpaste together but the lines always go wonky. So I would actually cover the whole cake in one colour then cut strips in the other colour to add to the shirt afterwards. You can always carefully smooth the stripes but the more you touch them the more chance there is that they will move and not look straight.

       I hope that helps

       EmmaMT

12. Hi Emma! Thanks for all your help. I am a football jersey cake and it needs to feed 35 slices. I have gotten the Wilton shirt cake pan to bake it in. Having measured the pan size; it is roughly about;

    13″ Long (collar to hem measurement) by

    11.5″ Wide at the widest point (one arm to the other arm measurement).

    Then the measurement of the narrower width side is 9″

    Given these measurements; please if I did 3 layers of my cake recipe (each layer bakes to about 1.25″) and sandwiched them all together with buttercream; do you think it would be enough to get around 35 slices from?

    I am including a couple of links to a picture of the Wilton shirt pan below;

    http://spunkyplushandstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/wilton-t-shirt-cake-pan-502-5617-party-sports-768×1024.jpg

    I look forward to your reply and thanks a lot once more for your time and patience.

    1. Hello,

       Oh your comment did make me laugh! I’m always pressing send before I’ve checked for typos!

       I think ordinarily a cake this size would serve around 25 people but if you are going to bake three cakes the overall depth will be over 4″ deep so you could cut smaller more square slices and eek out 35 slices.

       I’ve looked all over google to try and find out how many slices Wilton say the cake tin should serve and I can’t find it anywhere!

       I hope that helps

       EmmaMT

13. Dear God; I sure am not a “football jersey cake” as I wrote above 🙂 I meant to write I am “making a football jersey cake”. Sorry for the typo .

14. I made this for a boys 6th birthday today. Thank you for your guidance and pictures. I was very happy with the result and it looked really good.

    1. Thanks. That’s great to know. so glad it was a success.

       EmmaMT

15. Help!!!!I am trying to make a chelsea football shirt cake but I can’t get the right colour. Please please can you help? I have to have it done in 2 days! Jane

    1. Hello,

       Which colour? The light or dark blue? I would use a renshaw atlantic blue and either add white to make it the pale colour or black to make it the darker shade. Either way as long as you get it close the kid will still be thrilled with the result. They ALWAYS are!

       To make up your colour add a small amount of white or black at a time and really knead it in. Try and do this in the day time to be able to see what you’re doing more easily. Artificial light has caused me a few colour nightmares in the past. If you can colour your icing the day before you need it so it has time to ‘set’ all the better.

       I hope that helps

       Good luck

       EmmaMT

16. The size of the tin you quote as 8″ x 10″
    How many does this serve as it sounds small
    Also can you give me suggested quantities for a choc sponge .

    1. Hello,

       An 8×10″ cake will serve around 20 people. Have a look at this post for a chocolate Madeira cake recipe for this size tin you will need to use a 9″ round recipe.

       Hope that helps

       EmmaMT

17. I am definitely making this next week for my son’s birthday thanks for the template will update this site

    1. My pleasure. Good luck and let me know how you get on.

       Happy baking

       EmmaMT
       x

18. Hi, have a question for the square pan, you cut out a rectangle out of it and place one piece at the bottom, how did you made it fit? If you use part of that rectangle for the sleeves, sorry dumb question, but i do not get it yet 🙁 thanks a lot

    1. Hi Juli,

       Thanks for your question. When you cut out the square you are essentially cutting off a length at the side to create one large rectangle cake and one long thin rectangle cake. You cut the long thin rectangle so that one section fits onto the bottom of the shirt on the large cake then use the off cut (which you cut diagonally) to make the sleeves – as seen in this template here.

       I hope that clears things off for you

       Happy baking

       EmmaMT

       1. Hi, thanks for taking the time to answer my question, the thin rectangle you cut out fits perfectly at the bottom? Once i cut that thin rectangle i have to cut from it the sleeves, so that thin rectangle is smaller now than the big cake rectangle, did you cut out the cake so that the thin rectangle fits? Sorry, i am confused 🙁

    2. I am working with a 10×10 square pan, so if i cut the rectangle from the side, once i cut off the sleeves, the rectangle will be smaller than the rectangle cake and won’t fit at the bottom,sorry if i am not explaining myself clear, i do not speak english so well 🙁 thanks for your help!

       1. I’m sorry Juli I don’t understand why it’s not working. If you have a square cake and you cut off a length you will have a small piece left over when you make the length of the shirt longer. Whatever you are left with is used to make the sleeve.

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