Children's Party Cakes
Recipes
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Magic Rabbit Cake
Ingredients
2 x 15cm cakes
225g butter icing
115g royal icing
45ml apricot jam,
warmed and sieved
675g marzipan
675g sugar-paste
icing
black and pink
food coloring
edible silver
balls
25cm square cake
board
2 small
greaseproof paper piping bags
star nozzle
1.5ml pink ribbon
Method:
Split and
fill the cakes with butter icing, then sandwich
them one on top of the other. Stick on the
centre of the cake board with a little royal
icing. Brush with apricot jam. Use 450g/3
cups of the marzipan to cover the cake.
Tint the
sugar-paste icing grey. Use about two-thirds of it to
cover the cake. Roll out the rest to a 20cm/8in
round. Cut a 15cm/6in circle from its centre. Lower
the brim over the cake. Shape the brim sides over
wooden spoon handles until dry.
Cut a cross in
the 15cm/6in grey circle and place on the hat. Curl
the triangles over a wooden spoon handle to shape.
Smooth the join at the top and sides of the hat.
Tint the
remaining marzipan pink and make the rabbit's head,
about 5cm/2in wide with a pointed face. Mark the
position of the eyes, nose and mouth. Leave to dry
overnight.
Stick the rabbit
in the centre of the hat with a little royal icing.
Pipe a border of royal icing around the top and base
of the hat and decorate with silver balls while
still wet. Tint the remaining royal icing black and
pipe the rabbit's eyes and mouth. Tie the ribbon
round the hat.
Children's Cakes
Recipes - Magic Rabbit Cake Recipe
