Creative Cakes
Cakes have become works of art....you almost hate to carve into to some of the masterpieces that are baked frosted and sculpted to perfection. There is even a popular reality show and cake decorating contests on cable TV. This lens is dedicated to caker and bakers that go that extra mile.
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RECIPE INGREDIENTS:Pound cake or other loaf-shaped cake
Chocolate frosting
Ladyfingers
Chocolate wafer cookies
Sugar
Gumdrops
Green toothpicks
1. Ice the top and sides of the pound cake with
chocolate frosting. Then trim the top of each ladyfinger into a point to
resemble a fence picket. Gently press the pickets against the frosted sides of
the loaf cake.
2. Seal a handful of chocolate wafer cookies in a
plastic bag and crush them with a rolling pin. Sprinkle the crumb
"soil" on top of the loaf cake.
3. Plant a row of tulips: Sprinkle sugar onto a
waxed-paper-covered surface. Using a rolling pin, flatten gumdrops to a 1/4-inch
thickness. With kitchen scissors, cut notches in the tops of the flattened
gumdrops to create tulip shapes. Insert a toothpick stem into the base of each
blossom.
4. Make a pair of leaves for each tulip by trimming
flattened green gumdrops into teardrop shapes. Spear the base of each leaf with
the toothpick stem and push it halfway up the stem. Now plant the tulips in the
cake.
5. For a fun finishing touch, sprinkle coconut tinted
with green food coloring around the garden to resemble grass.

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This is a three layer meat cake...yes you heard me right...this is for your
meat and potato kind of friends.
I thought this was so original and bizarre I had to post it. The recipe
is at:
http://www.blackwidowbakery.com/demo/meatcake/

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