Name: Star burst cake
Prep time: 120 min
Total time: 120 min
Ingredients: Equipment; 50 centimetre round cake board; Cake; orange food colouring; 2 x 600g packets white mud cakes; 453 gram tub vanilla frosting; Decorations; 375 gram white chocolate melts; 20 mini waffle ice-cream cones; 6 x 25g packets orange sprinkles; mixed lollies, to fill; ice-cream cones; 200 gram (½ cup) mixed orange and yellow nerds

Star burst cake

The Sun is a great ball of fire! This birthday cake has chocolate covered ice cream cone solar flares, and is perfect for any wannabe astronauts or star gazers.

Ingredients

Equipment

50 centimetre round cake board

Cake

orange food colouring

2 x 600g packets white mud cakes

453 gram tub vanilla frosting

Decorations

375 gram white chocolate melts

20 mini waffle ice-cream cones

6 x 25g packets orange sprinkles

mixed lollies, to fill

ice-cream cones

200 gram (½ cup) mixed orange and yellow nerds

Method

1.Melt chocolate; tint orange with colouring. Dip ice-cream cones, one at a time, into chocolate to coat, drain off excess; cover with sprinkles. Stand on a baking-paper-lined tray; refrigerate until set.

2.Tint frosting the same orange as chocolate cones.

3.Trim icing from top of cakes. Secure one of the cakes to cake board with a little frosting; spread cake with ¼ cup of the frosting, top with remaining cake. Trim edges to make a dome shape. Spread orange frosting all over cake.

4.Fill ice-cream cones with mixed lollies; push firmly all around outside of cake. Sprinkle with nerds.

Mix yellow and red food colouring to make orange if you can’t find an orange colour. A powder or gel-based colour is best to add to chocolate. A liquid colour will seize the chocolate, turning it grainy and unusable.
Note

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