Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Any recipes for a tiny cake that looks like a cheeseburger?

I'd like to make a little cake to look like a small cheeseburger - which is the only thing my friend asked for her 40th anniversary. I'd appreciate any suggestions for how to build it - bun, burger, tomato, lettuce (?) cheese, etc. Thanks, PatAny recipes for a tiny cake that looks like a cheeseburger?
this is a normal sized cake but maybe it will help http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/reci鈥?/a>Any recipes for a tiny cake that looks like a cheeseburger?
you can look here for some ideas


http://www.coolest-birthday-cakes.com/bi鈥?/a>
I have a cookie recipe but not a cake
1. Bake a 2 layer round chocolate cake, cool completely and trim the cakes top side down to have a rounded shape such as hamburger buns. Save ALL of the chocolate cake scraps.


2. On a sheet of wax paper - ice the bottom bun with off-white icing and invert onto a cake board (iced side down). Ice the top of this layer with mustard colored buttercream icing.


3. Mix the chocolate cake scraps with chocolate buttercream icing to make a heavy paste and shape this mixture into the hamburger patty. Be sure and make the shape slightly irregular so some of the mustard below will show on the bun below. Place the patty on the bun. (This really looks like a cooked hamburger patty)


4. Use leftover fondant, thickened buttercream or gumpaste to make the chopped onions, slice of cheese and the olive. Roll out the white for onions and cut and separate to resemble chopped onions. Mold the olive out of moss green and place a bit of red in the top to resemble the pimento. (reserve - this will go on the top center of the hamburger with a toothpick through it) On a piece of wax paper roll out a golden yellow piece of fondant large enough for a slice of cheese on your hamburger. Cut in a square and place on the hamburger patty.


5. Color buttercream icing for the lettuce and tomatoes. Put these icings in bags with 104 tips. (I get the real lettuce and tomatoes out of the refrigerator to match the colors.) Lettuce is made with a slight ruffling motion and the thin edge of the tip to the outside. Tomato slices are made with the wide edge of the tip to the outside.


6. Make a layer of icing lettuce, then a layer of tomato slices and sprinkle with chopped (icing) onions


7. Ice the top of the cake with off white icing (on wax paper) and peel the wax paper off of the bottom and carefully place on top of the hamburger and vegetable (icing) stack.


8. Airbrush the top and bottom buns starting with a light gold and gradually darkening the color to brown until you get a realistic look. ***I doubt you have an airbrush kit (I don't) so just use a brush and food coloring - works the same, I've done it.


9. With a #3 tip make sesame seeds with light gold icing and spray the top bun again lightly with brown.


10. Stick a toothpick through the olive and into the top of the hamburger.





Here are my recipes:





I'd buy a chocolate cake mix at the store and a few cans of white icing so you can color it. I could provide recipes from scratch, as that's what I prefer, but I'm guessing that the decorating is going to take a while so you wouldn't mind some shortcuts!





For the fondant (it's like Play-Doh!):





16 ounces white mini-marshmallows (use a good quality brand)


2 to 5 tablespoons water


2 pounds icing sugar (please use C%26amp;H Cane Powdered Sugar for the best results)


陆 cup Crisco shortening (you will be digging into it so place in a very easily accessed bowl)





NOTE: Please be careful, this first stage can get hot.





Melt marshmallows and 2 tablespoons of water in a microwave or double boiler: Put the bowl in the microwave for 30 seconds, open microwave and stir, back in microwave for 30 seconds more, open microwave and stir again, and continue doing this until melted. It usually takes about 2 陆 minutes total. Place 3/4 of the powdered sugar on the top of the melted marshmallow mix.





Now grease your hands GENEROUSLY - palms, backs and in between fingers, then heavily grease the counter you will be using and dump the bowl of marshmallow/sugar mixture in the middle. (By the way, this recipe is also good for your hands. When I鈥檓 done, they are baby soft.) Start kneading like you would bread dough.





Keep kneading, this stuff is sticky at this stage! Add the rest of the powdered sugar and knead some more. Re-grease your hands and counter when the fondant is sticking. If the mix is tearing easily, it is too dry, so add water (about 陆 tablespoon at a time then knead it in). It usually takes me about 8 minutes to get a firm smooth elastic ball so that it will stretch without tearing when you apply it to the cake.





Its best if you can let it sit, double wrapped, overnight (but you can use it right away if there are no tiny bits of dry powdered sugar). If you do see them, you will need to knead and maybe add a few more drops of water.





Prepare the fondant for storing by coating it with a good layer of Crisco shortening, wrap in a plastic- type wrap product and then put it in a re-sealable or Ziploc bag. Squeeze out as much air as possible.





MM Fondant will hold very well in the refrigerator for weeks. If I know that I have a cake to decorate, I usually make 2 batches on a free night during the week so it is ready when I need it. Take advantage of the fact that this fondant can be prepared well in advance.

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