Black and Red Tile cake

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Great for a quirky looking cake or even for you favourite football teams colours. This cake was made for a work friend in a basic round tin in two halves. I used a Victoria sponge with butter cream and mixed fruit jam to hold the two cakes together. I then used more butter cream with a little black food colouring in to frost the cake all over. The black food colouring helps to disguise any gaps when the fondant is applied. With store bought coloured fondant (thank you Angel sugar craft supplies) I cut out several squares about 3x3 cm sq. I used the top from an old herb jar to keep this uniform (make sure you clean it thoroughly else your fondant might taste a bit garlicky) When applying the fondant squares to the cake i recommend you start at the top in the centre as you would with any type of tiling, the butter cream will help the tiles stick. Take time and try to get it right first time, patients is preferable to having to wipe frosting off fondant.  As you work your way to the edge of the cake don't worry too much about messy or uneven edges as you can roll many balls of fondant to "hide" this, its not cheating its finishing touches :-)