Recipe: Spooky Cake
Description:
Indulge in the whimsical and delightful Spooky Cake recipe from lovewithrecipes.com. Perfect for Halloween or any festive occasion, this cake is sure to impress both kids and adults alike with its spooky yet scrumptious appearance.
Recipe Information:
- Category: Dessert
- Keywords: Kid Friendly, Halloween, Weeknight, < 4 Hours
- Yield: 1 cake
Nutritional Information (per serving):
- Calories: 10747.6
- Fat: 579.4g
- Saturated Fat: 348.2g
- Cholesterol: 3504.1mg
- Sodium: 11597.7mg
- Carbohydrates: 1309.1g
- Fiber: 14.4g
- Sugar: 863.7g
- Protein: 119.7g
Ingredients:
| Quantity | Ingredient |
|---|---|
| 500g | Caster sugar |
| 500g | Butter |
| 500g | Self-raising flour |
| 2 | Eggs |
| 10 | Vanilla essence |
| 1 | Baking powder |
| 150g | Butter (for icing) |
| 275g | Icing sugar |
| 2 tbsp | Lemon juice |
| 200g | White marzipan |
| 1 | Cornflour |
Instructions:
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Preparation:
- Grease and base line two 3-liter ovenproof pudding basins.
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Cake Batter:
- In a large mixing bowl, combine caster sugar, butter, self-raising flour, baking powder, eggs, and vanilla essence.
- Beat the mixture well until smooth.
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Baking:
- Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pudding basins.
- Smooth the surfaces of the batter.
- Bake at 180°C (350°F) for 1 hour until the cakes are well-risen and firm to the touch.
- If the cakes start to brown too quickly, cover them with foil.
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Cooling:
- Allow the cakes to cool in the basins for 5 minutes.
- Then, turn them out onto wire racks to cool completely.
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Butter Icing:
- In a separate bowl, beat together butter, icing sugar, and lemon juice until smooth.
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Assembly:
- Trim the top crust off the cakes to create flat surfaces.
- Cut each cake horizontally through the middle to create two layers.
- Spread butter icing followed by jam on the cut surfaces of the cake slices.
- Sandwich the cake layers together, one on top of the other, to form a round shape.
- Brush the entire cake with remaining jam.
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Marzipan Decoration:
- Divide the marzipan into 8 equal portions.
- Roll each portion into long sausage shapes on a surface dusted with cornflour.
- Drape the marzipan over the cake to create ridges, tucking the excess under the base and trimming as needed.
- Press firmly at the top to create an indentation for the stalk.
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Icing:
- Color three-quarters of the ready-to-roll icing orange.
- Roll out the orange icing on a cornflour-dusted surface and use it to cover the cake.
- Trim any excess icing.
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Decoration:
- Color equal portions of the remaining icing black, yellow, dark green, and pale green.
- Roll out each colored icing and carefully cut into triangles for the eyes, nose, and other decorations.
- Brush one side of the shapes lightly with jam and attach them to the cake.
- Cut a mouth shape through the orange icing on the cake and brush the sponge with more jam.
- Cut out a mouth shape from yellow icing and fit it into the gap.
- Create teeth from the remaining orange icing and attach them with jam.
- Surround the mouth with black liquorice bootlace, securing firmly with jam.
- Knead the green icings together and shape them into stalk and leaf shapes.
- Attach the green decorations to the cake with jam.
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Final Touches:
- Wind green bootlaces around a clean pencil to create curly tendrils.
- Carefully remove them and place them by the leaves on the cake.
Enjoy your Spooky Cake creation, a delightful treat that’s as fun to make as it is to eat! 🎃🍰
