Dragon Ball Cake

It was my boyfriend’s 18th the other day and for his party and I made him a cake based on the manga/anime Dragon Ball. It’s Black Forest flavoured, covered in chocolate buttercream and vanilla fondant, made to look like Goku’s gi, with cake pops made of rice krispie treats decorated to look like the dragon balls. I made a figure out of rice krispie treats and fondant that’s supposed to be the Pop! Funko version of Vegito, however a lot of things went wrong with it, so it didn’t end up going on the cake 😂 

Candy Cake

 

For my own birthday last year I made myself a cake. The colour theme was pastels and I wanted many different kinds of candy shooting out the top. There were doughnuts, lollipops, musk sticks, sherbet cones, marshmallow sticks, macarons, oreos, strawberry pocky, fairy floss, sprinkles, jelly beans and sour patch kids. The cake was red velvet flavoured and was three layers separated by cream cheese frosting. The centre was also filled with malteasers, jelly beans, crushed oreos and sprinkles. I originally wanted the cake to be covered in pastel pink fondant, but I couldn’t get the right colour pink so I ended up covering it in hot pink buttercream and then black fondant and I loved it!

Apple Cinnamon Custard Cake Recipe (Gluten Free)

Ingredients: 

Butter (to grease)

3 Granny smith apples - cored, leave skin on (about 500g)

2 Oranges

1 1/4 cups (185g) GF plain flour 

1 cup (220g) raw or caster sugar

2 tsp GF baking powder

1/2 tsp salt 

1/4 tsp ground cinnamon 

1 cup (250mL) Milk (I use Lite but it’s interchangeable)

4 Large eggs (2 whole, 2 yolks)

2 tsp Vanilla Extract

2 Tbs GF plain flour (extra)

2 tsp Cinnamon sugar (you can mix caster sugar and cinnamon if you need to)

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 170°C (338°F). Line rectangular pan with baking paper (approx 8cm deep, 30cm long, 18cm wide)
2. Cut each apple into 5mm thick slices (cut into 8ths and then thinner slices). Juice both oranges. Do not discard peel, grate it finely until you have approx. 2 tsp. Toss apple slices and orange juice together in a medium bowl and set aside.
3. In a seperate bowl (large), mix together the flour (not including the extra flour), sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. 
4. Then add the milk, 2 whole eggs, orange rind, and vanilla to the flour mixture and make sure there are no lumps. Try not to over mix.
5. Transfer 1 cup (250mL) of the batter to a seperate bowl and add the extra flour. Stir to combine.
6. Add 2 egg yolks to the remaining batter (the one without the extra flour) and combine. Mix in the apple mixture.
7. Spoon the apple batter into prepared tray. Even it out with a spatula and push down the apple slices so the batter covers them. Pour reserved batter evenly over the top.
8. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar over the top evenly. Bake for 55mins or until golden brown. The middle of your cake will be of a custard-like texture. 
9. Serve warm or cold. 

Tips:

• Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice-cream
• If you want, you can add some orange liqueur to the apple and orange juice mixture

Note: This is an adaptation of a recipe I found in a Coles magazine.