Preparation Time: 15 minutes | Cook Time: 10 minutes | Serves: 1 four-layer cake (about 20 slices)
Ingredients
For the Cake:
500ml (280 g) Snowflake Cake Flour
4 extra-large eggs
250ml milk
100ml cooking oil
For the Icing:
150g butter or baking margarine, softened
300g vanilla-flavoured icing mix
30ml milk
Food colouring
Edible pearls, balls and sprinkles
PLUS fondant icing or coloured modelling chocolate for decoration
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Mix the eggs, oil and milk with an electric mixer for about 30 seconds until the mixture is a light creamy colour. Then add cake mix.
- Beat the batter with an electric mixer on low speed for about 30 seconds until incorporated. Then beat on high speed for about 4 minutes until smooth and combined.
- Pour the batter into three greased 16cm round cake tins and bake for 25-30 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
- Cool completely before icing.
- 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 slow speed until it resembles breadcrumbs.
- Add the milk and beat for about 2 minutes on high speed or until creamy.
- Divide the icing into batches and use food colouring with your favourite colours to get the desired colours.
- Ice one layer of the cake, then add the second layer and third layers with icing in between. Then ice the top and sides of the cake.
- Use coloured modelling chocolate or fondant to create aquarium-themed toppers and decorations for the cake like fish, seaweed, sea-stars, coral, shells and bubbles.
For the Cake:
For the Icing:
Preparation Time: 15 minutes | Cook Time: 10 minutes | Serves: 1 four-layer cake (about 20 slices)
Ingredients
For the Cake:
500ml (280 g) Snowflake Cake Flour
3 extra-large eggs
100ml Cooking oil
250ml milk
For the Icing:
150g butter or baking margarine, softened
300g vanilla flavoured icing mix
30ml milk
Food colouring
Edible pearls, balls and sprinkles
PLUS fondant icing or coloured modelling chocolate for decoration
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Mix the eggs, oil and milk with an electric mixer for about 30 seconds until the mixture is a light creamy colour. Then add cake mix.
- Beat the batter with an electric mixer on low speed for about 30 seconds until incorporated. Then beat on high speed for about 4 minutes until smooth and combined.
- Pour the batter into three greased 16cm round cake tins and bake for 25 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
- Cool completely before icing.
- Beat the softened butter or 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 slow speed until it resembles breadcrumbs.
- Add the milk and beat for about 2 minutes on high speed or until creamy.
- Divide the icing into batches and use food colouring with galaxy colours to get the desired colours.
- Ice one layer of the cake, then add the second layer and third layers with icing in between. Then ice the top and sides of the cake.
- Use coloured modelling chocolate or fondant to create aquarium-themed toppers and decorations for the cake like fish, seaweed, sea-stars, coral, shells and bubbles. Top with a show-stopping mermaid tail - use a toy or make your own!
For the Cake:
For the Icing:
Preparation Time: 15 minutes | Cook Time: 10 minutes | Serves: 10 cupcakes
Ingredients
For the Cupcakes:
500ml (280 g) Snowflake Cake Flour
3 extra-large eggs
100ml cooking oil
250ml milk
For the Vanilla Icing:
250g vanilla flavoured cupcake icing
125g butter or baking margarine
25ml milk
Food colouring
Method
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Mix eggs, oil and milk with an electric mixer for about 30 seconds until a light creamy colour, then add cake mix.
- Beat batter with an electric mixer for about 30 seconds on low speed until incorporated, then about 4 minutes on high speed until smooth and combined.
- Place paper cups into cupcake tins and spoon equal quantities of batter into each until half full.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes
- Cool completely on a wire rack before icing.
- Beat softened butter or margarine with an electric mixer for 1 minute on high speed until creamy. Add icing mix to creamed butter or margarine and beat mixture on slow until mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
- Add the milk and beat for about 2 minutes on high speed or until creamy.
- Divide the icing into two batches. Create your favourite colours. Then pipe swirls onto your cupcakes.
- Use coloured modelling chocolate or fondant to create aquarium-themed toppers and decorations for your cupcakes like fish, seaweed, sea-stars, coral, shells and bubbles.
For the Cupcakes:
For the Vanilla Icing:
