Tea Party Cake
From spinach1948 14 years ago
- 55 minutes to make
- Serves 16
For the summer or special treat this is going to be talked about. And the Kids will love it. This Tea pot cake is fun to make and enjoy can be served at a Brunch, get-together or party. You can use differant food coloring to create the mood. Read more Adapted from a recipe packet from the Creative Cook's Kitchen 1999 along with the photo. See less
Ingredients
- Ingredients: shopping list
- For the Decorations: shopping list
- 1 tube ( 7oz ) marzipan shopping list
- yellow food coloring shopping list
- red food coloring shopping list
- blue food coloring shopping list
- green food coloring shopping list
- 2 Tbs. confectioners' sugar shopping list
- For cake: shopping list
- 2 Pkg. ( 16oz each )pound cake mix shopping list
- 1 ½ cups water shopping list
- 4 large eggs shopping list
- 2 cans ( 16oz each ) prepared vanilla frosting shopping list
- Special Aids: shopping list
- 2 1 ½ quart oven-proof bowls shopping list
- 1 ½ inch flower and leaf cookie cutters shopping list
- toothpicks shopping list
- 6 inch wooden skewers shopping list
How to make it
- Making the Marzipan decorations:
- 1 Divide marzipan in half. Tint half of marzipan pale yellow. Divide remaining half evenly into 4 separate pieces. Tint each piece with a different food color.
- 2 Shape the yellow marzipan into a rope and form the handle, lid top and spout; set aside. Sprinkle a sheet of waxed paper with confectioners' sugar. Roll out colored marzipan pieces to a 1/8 inch thickness. Using 1 ½ inch flower leaf cookie cutters, cut out flowers and leaves. Dry marzipan decorations, uncovered, overnight.
- Baking the Cake:
- 1 Preheat oven to 350º. Spray two 1 ½ quart oven-proof bowls with vegetable cooking spray ( Pam ); dust lightly with flour.
- 2 In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer set on medium speed, beat cake mix, water and eggs until smooth. Pour batter into prepared bowls; smooth tops.
- 3 Bake until a toothpick inserted in each center comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Transfer bowls to wire racks; cool for 10 minutes. Turn cakes out onto racks; cool completely. Trim tops of flat sides of cakes to make level. Reserve one top for lid.
- Assembling the Cake:
- 1 Spread frosting over flat to of one cake. Top with remaining cake; frost with yellow frosting. Place reserved cake piece on top of dome for lid and frost with yellow frosting.
- 2 Use toothpicks to attach lid top; use skewers for handle and spout.
- 3 Arrange leaves and flowers on cake. Pipe pink frosting in balls around lid and base and in flowers centers.
- Slicing Savvy:
- The easiest way to slice this is to carefully separate the layers. Cut the bottom layer into slices first.
- Note:
- Marzipan Mix is a sweet, pliable blend of almond paste, sugar and unbeaten egg whites, which can be found in tubes and plastic-wrapped logs at the supermarket. Create fanciful colors by gently kneading food coloring into the marzipan.
- Pot of flowers: To maintain the texture and design of the marzipan flowers and leaves, gently place them onto the cake frosting, trying not to press them into the cake.
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Awsome love the cake and the photo thanks bunches high5 deserves more
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