hamburger cake

20 March 2009, 03:33

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…