Giraffe-Spot Cake

Name: Giraffe-Spot Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters apricot preserves--melted, strained and cooled; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 142 grams stick plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature; 394 milliliters cake flour; 3 larges eggs; 0 teaspoons unflavored gelatin; 1 Finely grated zest of lemon; 237 milliliters milk; 4 servings Red and green food coloring; 1 pinch Pinch of salt; 237 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 2 Tbsps water

Giraffe-Spot Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe makes 4 servings with 735 calories, 13g of protein, and 35g of fat each. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 1 person found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying. Head to the store and pick up vanillan extract, lemon zest, plus 2 tablespoons butter, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 35

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Oven

Butter an 11-by-17-inch jelly-roll pan and line the bottom with wax paper. Butter the paper and flour the pan, tapping out the excess flour.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Jelly

Roll

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Wax Paper

Frying Pan

In a medium bowl, whisk the flour with the baking powder and salt. In a large bowl, using a handheld electric mixer, cream the butter.

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Baking Powder

Butter

Cream

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Whisk

Bowl

Add the sugar and beat until fluffy.

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Sugar

Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well between additions. Beat in the vanilla and lemon zest. Beat in the dry ingredients in 3 additions, alternating with the milk; beat at medium speed until smooth.

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Lemon Zest

Vanilla

Egg

Milk

Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the surface.

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Frying Pan

Bake for 20 minutes, or until the cake is golden and beginning to brown around the edges.

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Oven

Transfer to a wire rack and let cool.

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Wire Rack

Turn the cake out onto a work surface and peel off the wax paper. Using a 6-inch plate or pot lid as a guide, cut out 3 rounds from the cake. Save the cake scraps for a snack.

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Wax Paper

Pot

Beat 1 tablespoon of the apricot preserves into 1/2 cup of the Cream Cheese Frosting.

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Cream Cheese Frosting

Apricot Preserves

Place one cake round on a plate.

Spread it with half the apricot frosting and top with a second cake layer.

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Frosting

Apricot

Spread

Spread with the remaining apricot frosting and top with the last cake layer.

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Frosting

Apricot

Spread

Brush the remaining melted apricot preserves all over the top and sides of the cake. Refrigerate the cake for at least 10 minutes.

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Apricot Preserves

Spread the remaining Cream Cheese Frosting all over the top and sides of the cake. Refrigerate until chilled.

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Cream Cheese Frosting

Spread

In a heatproof bowl, mix 3 drops each of red and green food coloring with the water.

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Green Food Color

Water

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Bowl

Sprinkle the gelatin over the mixture and let stand until softened.

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Gelatin

Place the bowl in a small skillet of boiling water and stir just until the gelatin melts. Using a small paintbrush, paint rounded squares all over the cake to create a giraffe-spot pattern.

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Gelatin

Water

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Frying Pan

Bowl