hamburger cake

17 March 2009, 01:38

theres something about the prospect of baking a cake for someone that freaks me out. usually because it’s the icing bit that stresses the crap outta me. however i love the carving up of cake to fit the shape you have in mind and because this post has been creeping around my mind lately i decided to give it a try for josh and wallys b’days. edit: the bomb on the ‘flag’ is noods’ companys logo =P


originally i was only planning on making 2 cakes- 1 choc and 1 vanilla however my vanilla didnt seem to be very fat and i thought splitting it in 2 for the hamburger bun and base was stretching it so ended up baking a 3rd cake… first off make sure your cakes have cooled down! i killed my last cake and bits fell off cos it was still warm and i was impatient. bah. so anywhos once your cakes are cool cut them into hamburger looking cake pieces with the vanilla cakes- shave off the tops for the base ‘bun’, shave off the bottoms for the top ‘bun’ and for the ‘meat’ make sure you dont cut off too much or you wont be able to see it.


step 1. for the lettuce i used rolled fondant tinted green. crinkle the edges.
step 2. i was worried ppl would just be eating a mouthful of cake with no filling so decided to spread a layer of cream cheese icing on the lettuce
step 3. chuck on your chocolate ‘meat’ layer and add some ‘cheese’. i ran out of fondant and had to be creative with my last bits hehe
step 4. for the ‘tomato sauce’ i tinted the cream cheese icing red


whack on your bun on the top and tadah! im a little buggered now so i couldnt be bothered icing the buns since they were close enough colour to the real thing. and i was worried that i might have made it too sweet with 2 layers of fondant icing and 2 layers of cream cheese icing. maybe next time (hah!) i would use buttercream for the lettuce and use dulce de leche for the buns… mmm the sweetness… and yes i know theres no sesame seeds in the pics but i later used a white icing pen to draw them on… OH and we weighed it! the hamburger cake came in at a whopping 1.6kg! fat baby hehe how i wished i could pick it up with my hands and take a bite out of it…

1. If you need a hand eating these let me know! It looks awesome and is the perfect bday cake idea, very creative!

   — howard    Mar 17, 01:47 AM    #
   
   

2. This is just frigging awesome!!!

   — Fiona (from Random Blowup)    Mar 17, 01:52 AM    #
   
   

3. Lemme guess, the hamburger cake was da bomb?

   Great work with the cakeburger! How long did it take overall?

   — Simon    Mar 17, 01:56 AM    #
   
   

4. hahaha awesome! You should make a double bacon and cheese burger cake next time. Imagine how much that’d weigh?!

   — Karen    Mar 17, 02:13 AM    #
   
   

5. Love it! Great job and I’m sure the boys will love it :)

   — Helen    Mar 17, 02:33 AM    #
   
   

6. Haha, That is awesome! Is it a surprise? Would love to see the recipients reaction!

   — lili - pikelet & pie    Mar 17, 08:08 AM    #
   
   

7. hehehehehe it’s awesome!!

   — Iron Chef Shellie    Mar 17, 10:02 AM    #
   
   

8. This is a triumph!!!

   SO WICKED AWESOME.

   See you at everleigh Saturday xx

   — Debzillah    Mar 17, 10:12 AM    #
   
   

9. Aww I want to see the picture of the hamburger with the sesame seeds on! ;P

   — Y    Mar 17, 10:21 AM    #
   
   

10. hahah! fan-tastic! i also suffer from impatient cake cooling issues. boo to crumbly cakeness! (but yay for hamburgerliciousness)

    — shez    Mar 17, 10:25 AM    #
    
    

11. Noice!!! I love how savory it looks ..lol

    — Sneh    Mar 17, 04:15 PM    #
    
    

12. It looked awesome and tasted awesome! Thanks Suze!

    — Fiona (RandomBlowup)    Mar 17, 05:27 PM    #
    
    

13. Cool! This is a great party cake. How did it taste? was there the right amount of icing?

    — Anita    Mar 17, 05:54 PM    #
    
    

14. how could u hold so long for not eating it? I think I will cut a slice straight away after assembling it!

    — billy@ATFT    Mar 17, 06:12 PM    #
    
    

15. OMG…what an epic cake. I’m still eating my piece. Gotta tell you all that sugar ain’t helping my ageing heart but thanks anyway!!! Munch* munch* munch*

    — Will    Mar 17, 06:32 PM    #
    
    

16. Awwww mmannn, now I am craving a really really large hamburger now mmmmmmmm and a really really large cake haha XD

    — FFichiban    Mar 17, 07:10 PM    #
    
    

17. Great blog. xx

    — Vintage Venus    Mar 17, 07:30 PM    #
    
    

18. 1.6kg?! Helloooooo cholesterol!
    How big is it???

    — Yas    Mar 17, 10:33 PM    #
    
    

19. Wow! They look great. Good job Suze! Wish someone baked me a bday cake…

    — foodie-central    Mar 17, 11:39 PM    #
    
    

20. Oh, that looks so YUMMY!

    — Moya    Mar 17, 11:54 PM    #
    
    

21. Where’s the pickle? Come on – you gotta have pickles in a hamburger :) Seriously – that looks amazing! Lucky bday boys!

    — Forager    Mar 18, 02:34 PM    #
    
    

22. oh my god! thanks for the cake! unfortunately i am too fat to move out of my chair, and i now have a special dialing wand to type on the keyboard.

    — Josh    Mar 18, 03:29 PM    #
    
    

23. Nice work! There’s a bakery in Lane Cove that makes hamburger cakes if you don’t have the culinary skills to make it yourself. They use sliced firm jelly custard for the cheese.

    — Emma    Mar 19, 12:43 PM    #
    
    

24. howard: heh we should do a cake swap!
    fiona: thanks dude! are ya gonna try make it still?
    simon: lol at your pun! hmm baking the 3 cakes took about 2hrs 15mins cos i didnt have 3 tins and did 1 at a time, the icing and cutting of cake took about 2hrs…
    karen: mmm bacon hehe but nah the effort lol
    helen: thanks! and they better hehe *shakes fist
    lili: yeah it was a surprise incase i failed miserably in which case i wouldve made cupcakes hehe
    iron chef shellie: heh thanks dude!
    debzilla: aw thanks! see ya sat!
    y: next time! um maybe hehe
    shez: yeah im not very patient lol
    sneh: thanks dude!
    anita: hmm i didnt get to try any but im glad i didnt ice the buns or it def wouldve been too sweet. maybe next time i would do the lettuce like the cheese ie not a whole sheet of icing
    billy: oh i was so SO tempted to cut a slice! and to pick it up with my hands!
    will: lol ageing heart?! bah im older than you!
    ffichiban: mmm i can never say no to a cheeseburger
    vintage venus: thanks dude!
    yas: lol my cholesterol is thru the roof =P size wise um dinner plate and width about 10cm?
    foodie-central: thanks dude! heh i never make my own bday cakes i always buy lol why work so hard on your bday!
    moya: aw thanks dude!
    forager: hehe i ran out of fondant so couldnt do the extras like onions!
    josh: no worries dude haha you’re about as fat as i am lol
    emma: thanks! true, i doubt id make that cake again heh all that effort!

    — chocolatesuze    Mar 20, 02:57 AM    #