Preparation Time: 15 minutes | Cook Time: 10 minutes | Serves: 1 four-layer cake (about 20 slices)
Ingredients
For the cake:
2½ cups Snowflake Self-Raising Wheat Flour
250g butter, softened
3 extra large Eggs, room temperature
2/3 cup milk
1 cup castor sugar
2 tsp vanilla essence
For the icing:
750ml (400g) icing sugar, sifted
5ml fresh lemon juice
2 extra-large egg whites
Method
- Preheat oven to 180°C, and grease and line three 18 cm round cake tins with baking paper.
- Cream butter, castor sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy
- Add eggs and beat 1 at a time. Add half the flour and stir to combine. Add half the milk and stir to combine. Repeat with remaining flour and milk and add the food colouring to the desired colour green.
- Pour mixture evenly into three prepared baking tins. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Stand in pan for 10 minutes.
- Turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
- Whisk egg whites until foamy. Gradually whisk in about half the icing sugar, a spoonful at a time.
- Whisk in lemon juice and gradually add the remaining icing sugar. Whisk to soft peak stage.
- Ice between the three layers of cake and the top. Use grated chocolate to create a earth effect on top of the cake.
- Use modelling chocolate to create a dinosaur, bones or even a shovel to top the cake.
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Preparation Time: 15 minutes | Cook Time: 10 minutes | Serves: 10 cookies
Ingredients
For the Cookies:
100g unsalted butter/margarine, softened
3 extra large Eggs, room temperature
200g Snowflake Creations Vanilla Flavoured Cake Mix
50g castor sugar
2 tablespoons honey
Icing (coloured with food gel or paste)
For the Glaze icing:
250ml (130g) Icing sugar
Food colouring
2ml vanilla essence or fresh lemon juice
30ml warm milk
Method
- In a mixing bowl, cream together the softened butter or margarine and castor sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the honey and vanilla essence. Mix until well combined.
- Gradually add the Snowflake Cake Wheat Flour. Mix until a soft dough forms.
- Shape the dough into a ball, wrap it in cling film and refrigerate for at least 1 hour to firm up.
- Preheat your oven to 180°C.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out the chilled dough to about 5mm thickness. Using dinosaur-shaped cookie cutters, cut out shapes from the dough and place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden. Remove from the oven and allow the cookies to cool on the baking tray for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Sift icing sugar and add just enough water to mix to a smooth, slightly runny consistency. Add essence or lemon juice and divide into batches, then colour each batch as desired.
- Decorate the cookies by using a piping bag with a small tip or hole, piping icing onto the tops of the cookies to resemble dinosaurs.
- AAdd magical decorative touches like spots and faces!
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Preparation Time: 15 minutes | Cook Time: 10 minutes | Serves: 15 slices
Ingredients
For the cake:
100ml Cooking Oil
3 extra large Eggs, room temperature
500g Snowflake Creations Vanilla Flavoured Cake Mix (3 boxes)
250ml milk
For the icing:
150g butter/baking margarine, softened
300g vanilla-flavoured icing mix
30ml milk
Sprinkles
Modelling chocolate or fondant (as required)
Candy (eggs)
Method
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Mix eggs, oil, and milk with an electric mixer for about 30 seconds until the mixture is a light creamy colour. Then add the cake mixes.
- Beat the batter with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds until incorporated. Then increase on high speed for about 4-6 minutes until smooth and combined.
- Pour batter into four (2 larger tins and 2 smaller tins) greased round cake tins and bake for about 30 minutes (bake smaller tins for a slightly shorter time).
- Cool completely before frosting.
- Beat softened butter/baking margarine with an electric mixer for about 1 minute on high speed until creamy.
- Combine icing mix with butter/baking margarine and beat on a low speed until it resembles breadcrumbs.
- Add the milk and mix on high for about 2 minutes until creamy.
- Ice one layer of the cake, then add the second layer and ice the top.
- Put the two layers together, then ice accordingly, topping the cake with sprinkles. Use modelling chocolate or fondant to create a dinosaur for the side of the cake.
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