Name: Under the sea birthday cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Under the sea; 340 gram packet buttercake mix; 30cm-round prepared board; blue colouring; 85 gram packet blue jelly crystals; 1 plastic fish; 2 chocolate fish; 2 plastic monsters; 4 jelly sharks; 4 jelly snakes; 4 jelly small snakes; Butter cream; 125 gram butter; 1 1/2 cup (240g) confectioner's sugar; 2 tablespoon milk

Under the sea birthday cake

This cute and colourful 'under the sea' birthday cake is perfect for little ones who love animals or spending time by the ocean.

Serves 12

Prep

30M

Cook

40M

Total

1H 10M

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Ingredients

Under the sea

340 gram packet buttercake mix

30cm-round prepared board

blue colouring

85 gram packet blue jelly crystals

1 plastic fish

2 chocolate fish

2 plastic monsters

4 jelly sharks

4 jelly snakes

4 jelly small snakes

Butter cream

125 gram butter

1 1/2 cup (240g) confectioner's sugar

2 tablespoon milk

Method

Under the sea

1.Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced); grease and line deep 20cm-round cake pan. Make cake according to directions on packet, pour into pan; bake about 40 minutes. Stand cake in pan 5 minutes; turn onto wire rack to cool. Using serrated knife, level cake top.

2.Meanwhile, make jelly according to directions on packet; refrigerate until almost set.

3.Position cake on prepared board, cut-side down. Mark a 15cm circle in centre of cake; cut a hollow into centre of cake about 1cm deep.

4.Tint butter cream with blue colouring; spread all over cake up to the water line.

5.To make butter cream; beat butter until white as possible, gradually beat in half the sifted icing sugar then milk, then remaining icing sugar. Beat until smooth.

6.When jelly is almost set, stir gently; spoon into hollow of cake. Position fish, monsters, sharks and snakes on and around side of cake.

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Under the sea

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