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Easy - Med - HardCaterpillar Cake
A treasured childhood story, the Very Hungry Caterpillar inspired this child's fantasy cake. A novelty cakes for a child's birthday can bring joy, excitement... and a satisfied stomach, so here's one for the ages!
A treasured childhood story, the Very Hungry Caterpillar inspired this child's fantasy cake. A novelty cakes for a child's birthday can bring joy, excitement... and a satisfied stomach, so here's one for the ages!
Preparation time
1 hour
Cooling time
6 hours
Serves
Approximately 12 pieces
Ingredients
1 x 500ml thickened cream
1 teaspoon caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
2 x 250g packet of Choc Ripple biscuits
For the Icing
1 x 500ml thickened cream
1 teaspoon caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
Red, light green, dark green and yellow food colouring
For the decorations
1 Fayna Big Boss, halved
Method
- Use an electric beater to beat the cream, sugar and vanilla in a bowl until firm peaks form.
- Spread a little of the cream mixture along a serving platter to make the base.
- Stand 1 biscuit upright on its edge and spread with cream mixture. Place another biscuit alongside and sandwich together
- Continue layering with cream mixture and remaining biscuits to form your desired caterpillar shape
- To make icing, mix cream, caster sugar and vanilla essence until smooth
- Divide icing mixture into three separate bowls
- Keep a tablespoon of icing mixture aside for deceration
- Add a few drops of desired colouring to each of the three bowls to make a bowl of light green, dark green and red icing. Mix until combined.
- Spoon icing mixture into piping bag and attach desired nozzle. Pipe icing onto chocolate ripple cake
- For decorations, cut licorice into leg shaped pieces as well as two ovals for the eyes
- Colour the tablespoon of icing mixture that was set aside with yellow colouring
- Ice eyes and layer with oval licorice pieces
- Place legs in place
- Place halved Big Boss pieces as antennae
- Refrigerate for 6 hours to set
- Serve and enjoy!
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