Caterpillar Cake
From auntybea 17 years ago
- 50 minutes to make
- Serves 16
We have a show on our food network called Ricardo and Friends. Today Ricardo did a children's birthday party. His cake was so cute I had to show everyone. It's a little hard to see his face in this picture because they gave him pink eyes! Read more ! I think he'd be better with black eyes, but anyway, he's pretty cute! I'm pretty sure you can buy the bags of cotton candy at Walmart. See less
Ingredients
- Cake: shopping list
- 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted shopping list
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder shopping list
- 1 cup butter, softened shopping list
- 1-1/4 sugar shopping list
- 3 eggs shopping list
- 1 cup milk shopping list
- 2 tsp vanilla extract shopping list
- butter Icing: shopping list
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened shopping list
- 1/2 cup corn syrup shopping list
- 1-1/4 cups icing sugar shopping list
- Assembly: shopping list
- Red or black licorice twists, sticks or ropes cut into 40 pieces, each about 1/4 inch long shopping list
- 60 gram cotton candy in 3 colours shopping list
How to make it
- Cake:
- With the rack in the middle position, preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F). Butter and flour a 24-cm (9 1/2-inch) savarin-style ring mould with a rounded base and 1 cup of a muffin pan.
- In a bowl, combine the flour and baking powder. Set aside.
- In a bowl, cream the butter and sugar with an electric mixer. Add the eggs one at a time, beating until the mixture is smooth. Use a wooden spoon to mix in the dry ingredients, alternating with the milk and vanilla.
- Pour the batter into the mould and muffin cup. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean, about 25 minutes for the muffin and 50 minutes for the cake. Let cool partially. Unmould onto a cooling rack and let cool completely.
- Butter Icing:
- In a bowl, beat the butter and corn syrup with an electric mixer until combined. With the mixer on low, gradually add the sugar and beat until smooth.
- Assembly:
- Cut the cake in two and arrange on a plate in an S shape.
- Trim one side of the muffin so it lies flat. Place the muffin at one end of the cake to make the caterpillar’s head.
- Ice the cake. Decorate the caterpillar (eyes, nose and neck band) and stick licorice legs along both sides.
- Just before serving, cover the caterpillar with cotton candy “hair,” alternating colours to make stripes. Serve immediately. Note that the cotton candy will begin melting in about 45 minutes.
The Rating
Reviewed by 9 people-
So fabulous! I'm not a kid but I waaaaaant one!!
greekgirrrl
in Long Island loved it
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Awwwwww....how adorable! :)
bakermel
in Topeka loved it
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My son's 1st birthday is within 3 months and I may make this for him... :) Thanks Auntybea.
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in Cairo loved it
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