May Day Centerpiece Cake

Name: May Day Centerpiece Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 10 servings Blue food coloring; 10 servings Cherry extract; 8 cupcakes, unfrosted; 10 servings Edible flowers, for garnish; 10 servings Green food coloring; 20 inches layers of unfrosted store-bought cake; 454 grams lemon frosting; 10 servings Mint extract; 10 servings Red food coloring; 10 servings Strawberry extract; 2 kgs whipped supreme vanilla frosting

For $4.5 per serving, this recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 5g of protein, 35g of fat, and a total of 1046 calories. This recipe serves 10. A mixture of food coloring, mint extract, cupcakes, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet.

Instructions

Special Equipment: 1 1/2-inch thick wooden dowel (10 inches long)

1/2-inch ribbon (48 inches each pink, mint, lavender and yellow)

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Fresh Lavender

Mint

Hot glue gun or tape

1/4-inch star pastry tip

Secure a colored ribbon with tape 4-inches from the bottom of dowel. Flip dowel upside down and twist the ribbon around and down the dowel (there will be excess ribbon at the end). Secure ribbon at the top of the dowel with tape or glue. Repeat with the rest of the ribbons.

Place 1 cake layer on a glass cake plate.

Spread top with lemon frosting and top with the second cake layer. Frost the entire cake with 2 containers of vanilla frosting. Set aside.

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Frosting

Spread

Lemon

In a small mixing bowl, combine 1 container vanilla frosting with 3 drops red food coloring and 1/4 teaspoon strawberry extract to make pink frosting. In another bowl, combine 1 container vanilla frosting, 3 drops green food coloring and 1/8 teaspoon mint extract to make green frosting. In a third bowl, combine 1 container vanilla frosting, 4 drops red food coloring, 2 drops blue food coloring and 1/4 teaspoon cherry extract to make lavender frosting.

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Red Food Color

Frosting

Peppermint Extract

Strawberries

Fresh Lavender

Extract

Cherries

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Mixing Bowl

Make a pastry bag by cutting a small triangle out of the bottom corner of a large zip-top bag.

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Pastry Bag

Place a star pastry tip on the inside of the bag and fit tightly into the hole.

Place pastry bag, tip down into a large drinking glass.

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Pastry Bag

Place a large spoonful of each color of frosting along the sides of the pastry bag.

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Frosting

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Pastry Bag

Remove bag from glass and, starting from the top, squeeze frosting into the tip. Pipe a colored border around bottom and top of vanilla-frosted cake. Pipe the colored frosting on the cupcake tops in an upward swirl motion.

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Frosting

Cupcakes

Vanilla

To assemble centerpiece, place cake on table. Insert the bottom end (without the excess ribbon) of the dowel into center of cake. Pipe colored icing around bottom of dowel. Carefully lay each color of ribbon on the table and arrange cupcakes at the ends of the ribbons. Tie the ends of the ribbons in bows and trim off the excess.

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Cupcakes

Icing