Name: Pink flamingo cake
Prep time: 60 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: Equipment; 30 centimetre x 40cm rectangular cake board; Cake; 2 x 450g packets double unfilled sponge slabs; 453 gram tub vanilla frosting; pink food colouring; Decorations; 375 gram strawberries, sliced; 8 extreme red sour straps; 50 gram milk chocolate melts; 2 banana lollies; 1 white marshmallow, halved; 1 sugar-free double d pink lolly; 1 soft black licorice, sliced thinly; 11 pink musk sticks

Ingredients

Equipment

30 centimetre x 40cm rectangular cake board

Cake

2 x 450g packets double unfilled sponge slabs

453 gram tub vanilla frosting

pink food colouring

Decorations

375 gram strawberries, sliced

8 extreme red sour straps

50 gram milk chocolate melts

2 banana lollies

1 white marshmallow, halved

1 sugar-free double d pink lolly

1 soft black licorice, sliced thinly

11 pink musk sticks

Method

1.Using picture as a guide, cut one of the sandwiched sponge cakes into flamingo’s body. Secure to cake board with a little frosting. Cut flamingo’s head and neck from remaining sandwiched sponge cake. Secure in position with a little frosting.

2.Tint frosting pink. Spread frosting over top and sides of cake. Using picture as a guide, decorate body with sliced strawberries.

3.Cut sour straps into long pieces, position on cake for wing.

4.Melt the chocolate. Dip one end of each banana into melted chocolate; place on baking paper to set. Position bananas on head for beak. Position marshmallow, double D lolly and licorice for eye and musk sticks for legs.

Position strawberry slices on the flamingo shortly before serving.
Note

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