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One of the celebrations that I like and enjoy the most is Halloween. To tell you the truth, I like them all! But this one especially. It is possible that it is because it unites themes of terror and fantasy, I would not know how to tell you. But I love dressing up and decorating my house for this day. This year I was sure that the recipe I was going to leave with you would be Sleeping Beauty Cake<\/strong> and that my costume would be the 3 fairies; Flora, Fauna and Spring.<\/p>\n

I am aware that there is nothing terrifying about it, such as last year’s Monster Pumpkin Cake<\/strong><\/a>, perhaps just the thought that the cake might fall apart. But beyond this, it can only convey magic, fantasy and innocence. I’m sure many of you have seen this film hundreds of times. I have. My favorite part has always been the moment when the fairie<\/strong>s<\/strong> prepare Aurora’s 16th birthday party<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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It’s absolutely great! When Flora tries to sew the dress over Spring and it says ; – It looks horrible – to which Flora responds ; – That’s because it’s on you, dear -. Hahaha, they’re great! For my part, besides that scene, I wanted to recreate the part where Fauna makes the cake (including me as Fauna!)<\/strong>. That moment when she holds the cake with the broom, added to her face of kindness, is priceless. I could watch this scene along with the battle with the wands in that same scene, for hours.<\/p>\n

I saw this cake, some months ago, to Brandon Hardy.<\/strong><\/a> He did it to his sister<\/a> for her birthday. From the moment I saw it, I knew that one day I would do it. From here I thank you for your stories that helped me to carry it out \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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Sleeping Beauty.<\/h5>\n

Sleeping Beauty was the sixteenth animated feature film created and produced by Walt Disney. It premiered on January 29, 1959 and was distributed by Buena Vista. The film is based on the fairy tale of the same name<\/strong> by Charles Perrault, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm<\/strong> (the Grimm brothers) and Giambattista Basile<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This film was the last one produced by Walt Disney based on a fairy tale, besides being the last one inked by hand before the xerographic process arrived. The aesthetics of the film that Disney wanted to capture and transmit was like a moving tapestry<\/strong>, not the traditional one of other films of the company.<\/p>\n

It is the first animated feature film shot in Super Technirama 70<\/strong>, a large format widescreen process (there is only one other animated feature film shot like this, The Black Cauldron<\/a><\/i>). The film was produced throughout most of the 1950s. Work on the script began in 1951, the voices were recorded in 1952, the animation was produced between 1953 and 1958, and the stereo soundtrack was recorded in 1957. A formidable work carried out with much love, illusion and dedication.<\/p>\n

The silhouette of Princess Aurora is based on Audrey Hepburn<\/strong>, and the actress Helene Stanley<\/strong> was used as a reference model to capture her movements on screen.\u00a0 As for the three fairies; Flora, Fauna and Spring, Disney wanted them all to be similar, but veteran animators Frank Thomas<\/strong> and Ollie Johnston<\/strong> thought it would be much better if they had different physiques and personalities. And they were certainly right.<\/p>\n

Before starting to produce the animation, a shoot was done with real actors to serve as a reference for the film’s animators. Disney wanted the film to be as similar as possible to the real image.<\/p>\n

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Making Sleeping Beauty Cake.<\/h5>\n

When I started designing how to make the cake, the first thing I needed to create was a stand that could hold the cake. Not only because of the inclination, but also because of the weight.<\/p>\n

For this, my husband (thanks love for helping me in all my crazy stuff!!), made me a stand with a wooden base and a wooden stick. This one has a diameter of 1 cm approximately. We need it to be a little thick to be able to support the weight, but not extremely thick so as not to spoil the sponge cakes too much. It is important to measure the height of the stick to hold 6 cakes. The last one, we will place it differently.<\/p>\n

In addition, the stick should be cut at an angle to facilitate the insertion of these.<\/p>\n

Once we have our stand, it is our turn to get to work. Bake lots of sponge cakes<\/strong>. In my case I made them with a diameter of 18 cm. The recipe that I leave you in the list of ingredients is the right amount to bake 2 sponge cakes. I think they have the perfect diameter and height to make the cake.<\/p>\n

So we will need to make two batches of two sponge cakes and a last one of three (the amount I leave you + half of the recipe).<\/p>\n

Assembling and decorating the cake.<\/h5>\n

Here we go!<\/p>\n