Dad’s Day Shirt and Tie Cake

Name: Dad’s Day Shirt and Tie Cake
Prep time: 3 h
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 16 servings Royal blue gel or paste icing color (not liquid food color); 16 servings Powdered sugar; 1 kilograms pure white rolled fondant; 454 grams container Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting; 1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® white cake mix

Dad’s Day Shirt and Tie Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. This dairy free recipe serves 16. One serving contains 655 calories, 11g of protein, and 15g of fat. If you have paste icing color, powdered sugar, cake mix, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a reasonably priced recipe for fans of Mediterranean food. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 3 hours.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Grease 13x9-inch pan with shortening or cooking spray. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box, using water, oil and egg whites. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack.

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Cooking Spray

Egg Whites

Shortening

Cake Mix

Water

Cooking Oil

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Wire Rack

Oven

Frying Pan

Remove cake from pan to cake board.

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Frying Pan

Place strips of waxed paper or cooking parchment paper under cake edges. Frost cake with vanilla frosting, spreading frosting as smooth as possible.

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Frosting

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Baking Paper

Place cake in freezer until frosting is firm.

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Frosting

Meanwhile, place fondant on work surface (sprinkle surface with powdered sugar if fondant begins to stick). With rolling pin, roll fondant to 1/4-inch thickness (do not roll too thin or it will crack when assembling). Invert cake pan over rolled fondant to check that you have enough to drape.

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Powdered Sugar

Fondant Icing

Roll

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Rolling Pin

Cake Form

Roll fondant over rolling pin.

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Fondant Icing

Roll

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Rolling Pin

Remove cake from freezer. Carefully drape fondant over cake, smoothing with your hands and shaping it to cake. Use sharp paring knife to trim excess fondant (set aside for future use).

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Fondant Icing

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Knife

Remove waxed paper strips from underneath cake.

Roll 1 piece of excess fondant to 1/4-inch thickness. Use paring knife to cut fondant into pocket (use man’s button-down shirt as template, if necessary). Use toothpick to create stitching detail.

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Fondant Icing

Roll

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Toothpicks

Knife

Brush water on back of pocket; place on cake.

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Water

Roll another piece of excess fondant to 1/4-inch thickness. Using man’s button-down shirt as template, cut out collar.

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Fondant Icing

Roll

Place collar at top of cake.

Reserve small piece of fondant to create polka dots. Knead remaining fondant with gloved hands until it softens. Use toothpick to add blue icing color until desired color is achieved.

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Icing

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Toothpicks

Roll blue fondant to1/4-inch thickness. Using man’s tie as template, cut out tie.

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Fondant Icing

Roll

Cut small piece of fondant for tie knot. Drape tie onto cake; add knot at collar.

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Fondant Icing

Roll reserved piece of white fondant to 1/4-inch thickness. Use end of large plain pastry tip to cut out polka dots. Dab water on back of polka dots; place on tie.

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Fondant Icing

Water

Roll