Adorable Animal Cake Recipe & Tutorial

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Mycah

subheading: Vanilla Cake Recipe*:

3 cup all-purpose flour (390 grams)

3 cups granulated sugar (600 grams)

2 ½ tsp baking powder (10 grams)

1 tsp salt (5 grams)

1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature (226 grams) - 2 sticks

2 tsp. vanilla extract (9 grams)

1 cup egg whites (or about 7 egg whites) (244 grams)

1 ½ cups buttermilk, room temperature (360 grams)

⅛ cup vegetable oil (28 grams)

note: additional ingredients for the chocolate cake are listed below

subheading: Additional Ingredients: (to be added after the vanilla cake batter is made, to change it into chocolate batter):

⅓ cup unsweetened baking cocoa (33 grams)

¼ cup granulated sugar (50 grams)

½ tsp baking powder (2 grams)

¼ tsp salt (1 gram)

¼ cup egg whites (60 grams, or 2 egg whites)

¼ cup buttermilk (45 grams)

subheading: Vanilla Buttercream Frosting:

3 cups unsalted butter, room temperature (678 grams)

1 Tbsp vanilla extract (12 grams)

1 tsp salt (6 grams)

11 cups powdered sugar (1375 grams)

⅓ cup heavy cream (or whipping cream) (75 grams)

½ cup dark chocolate chips, melted and cooled - to be added later (85 grams)

1 Tbsp heavy cream - to be added later (15 grams)

black gel food coloring

subheading: Rice Krispie Treats - Zebra Legs and Head:

3 cups mini marshmallows (150 grams)

4 ½ cups puffed rice cereal (68 grams)

subheading: Zebra Face:

1 Tbsp black fondant

3 Tbsp white fondant

2 Tbsp pink fondant

subheading: Suggested Tools / Equipment:

2 toothpicks

Small offset spatula

Small acetate sheet

small round frosting tip

Cake dowel or bubble tea straw

Spinning Cake Stand

Large piping bags

Directions at chelsweets.com

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