Elephant Cake

Name: Elephant Cake
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 package devils food cake mix (regular size); 355 milliliters butter, softened; 3 liters confectioners sugar; 30 servings Black and blue paste food coloring; 4 Tbsps milk; 355 milliliters shortening; 1 Tbsp vanilla extract; 1 package yellow cake mix (regular size)

Elephant Cake might be This recipe from Taste of Home requires shortening, milk, confectioners' sugar, and vanillan extract. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Instructions

Line two 9-in. round baking pans and one 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan with waxed paper; grease the paper. Prepare both cake batters and bake according to package directions, using the 9-in. pans for the yellow cake and the 13-in. x 9-in. pan for the chocolate cake. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Level cake tops if necessary.

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Chocolate

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Baking Pan

Oven

Referring to Fig. 1 and using a serrated knife, cut out a trunk and two feet from one yellow cake. Referring to Fig. 3, cut out an ear and tail from second yellow cake. (Discard leftover cake pieces or save for another use.)

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Figs

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Serrated Knife

Center chocolate cake on a 28-in. x 16-in. covered board. Referring to Fig. 2, position trunk along left bottom edge of cake and tail on right side.

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Chocolate

Figs

Place feet at bottom corners of cake.

Place ear 2 in. from left side of cake.

For frosting, in a large bowl, cream the shortening and butter until light and fluffy. Gradually add the confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough milk to achieve desired consistency.

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Powdered Sugar

Shortening

Frosting

Vanilla

Butter

Cream

Milk

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Bowl

Tint 1/4 cup of frosting black; set aside. Set aside 1/2 cup white frosting. Tint remaining frosting blue-gray, using small amounts of black and blue food coloring.

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Blue Food Color

Frosting

Spread 2 cups of the blue-gray frosting over top and sides of cake.

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Frosting

Spread

Trace a 1-1/2-in. x 1-1/4-in. oval for the eye.

Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; insert round tip #

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Ziploc Bags

Fill bag with black frosting. Outline eye and fill in pupil; pipe eyelashes and mouth. Using star tip #25 and reserved white frosting, pipe stars to fill in eye and add nostril and toes.

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Frosting

With blue-gray frosting and star tip #16, pipe stars over top and sides of elephant.

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Frosting

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Servings:

1package

devil's food cake mix (regular size)355milliliters

butter, softened 3liters

confectioners' sugar 30servings

Black and blue paste food coloring 4Tbsps

milk 355milliliters

shortening 1Tbsp

vanilla extract 1package

yellow cake mix (regular size)

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Port, Moscato Dasti

Cream Sherry, Port, and Moscato d'Asti are my top picks for Cake. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. The NV Solera Cream Sherry with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 17 dollars per bottle.

NV Solera Cream Sherry

The Solera Cream Sherry has a brilliant amber and deep copper hue. With butterscotch and pecan aromas, the sweet salted nut and brown spice aromas carry a complex caramel accent. A sweet entry leads to a rounded, lush, moderately full-bodied palate with a lengthy, flavorful finish.