Do you like cake? Do you like video games? Say hello to this then....
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| HELLO. |
Isn't it beautiful? It's from the incredible
Gourmet Gaming - a website dedicated to replicating food featured in video games by creating recipes in real life (how amazing and creative is that?). It's not just cake either.. there's an amazing mix of food including a Sonic chili dog, Legend of Zelda soup (this looks amazing), Sims mac and cheese and more!
Luckily for me Dani (the girl behind the site) is currently doing some design work at The List, so I was able to twist her arm and share this recipe for her Animal Crossing: Wild World birthday cake!
What you will need:
2 mixing bowls, hand whisk, a sieve, three 8-inch cake tins, baking paper and an icing bag/pipe.
For the Cake:
- 4 Eggs (Separated and at room temperature)
- 4 Teaspoons Baking Powder
- 400g Plain Flour
- ½ Teaspoon Salt
- 227g Butter (at room temperature)
- 450g Caster Sugar
- 2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- 200ml Milk
- ¼ Teaspoon Cream of Tartar
For the Pink Coconut Icing:
- 500g Cream Cheese
- 200g Butter
- 50ml Natural Yoghurt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 270g Icing Sugar (approx.)
- Few Drops Red Food Colouring
To Garnish:
- 6 Strawberries
- 2 Tablespoons of Coconut Flakes
- 4 Green Candles
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Make your cake!
Grease your cake pans, line with baking paper and preheat your oven to 175 degrees C.
In a mixing bowl beat together the butter and 350g of the sugar until it is pale and fluffy. Now add the 4 egg yolks (one at a time), followed by the vanilla extract. Sift in the flour, baking powder and salt, mix together, then slowly add the milk.
In a separate bowl add the egg whites and whisk until fluffy (Juliet note - make sure bowls are SPOTLESS before you try to whisk egg whites, or you'll have problems!). Add the cream of tartar and continue to whisk until peaks form. Gradually add the remaning 100g of sugar until the peaks stiffen. Then gently fold the egg whites into the cake mixture, and pour evenly into cake tins. Bake for around 25 minutes.
When the cake is baked (do the stabby/prodding tests to make sure), leave to cool then pop in fridge while you prepare the frosting.
Make your icing!
Beat the butter (poor butter) in a bowl until light, then add the yoghurt and vanilla. Gently stir in the cream cheese, being careful not to over mix (this will thin the frosting and make it runny). Gradually add the icing sugar bit by bit, adding more as you need it (to thicken or sweeten the icing). Then add the red food colouring and put it in the fridge to chill.
Construct your cake!
Aim for flat and smooth cake layers (even out with a knife very carefully if needed). Ice the bottom layer, being careful not to go over the edges, place the next layer on top and continue this until you have a stack of three layers.
Set aside 3 tablespoons of icing and cover the cake in the remaining icing - this does not have to be neat. Now place the strawberries (with stalks trimmed) pointed end up evenly around the cake. Put the last bits of icing into an icing bag/pipe, using a large nozzle, pipe drops of icing between each of the strawberries around the cake. Garnish with the green candles and a sprinkling of coconut.
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| Tada! |
Dani's instructions are so detailed it puts my
recipes to shame (ha) but I can't wait to try this out!
I was absolutely addicted to
Animal Crossing a little while ago - I'd definitely recommend it if you like quirky games (particularly if you happen to enjoy collecting fruit & fishing, & hanging out with grumpy foxes. It is cooler than this sounds).
Hope you enjoyed!
