I am really getting into the Halloween spirit huh?
This cake was a little different for me, because I knewexactlywhat I wanted inside, but had NO IDEA what to do with the outside!
And even though the outside of this cake is just supposed to be pretty enough to pass for “please dont let people look at the outside and want to puke” I ended up loving it!
And it was really, really easy to do! Which is great cause when stuff is complicated my brain hurts.
I’m a simple girl I tell you. Simple!
The inside, on the other hand, was not as simple. There was lots of carving and lots of scraping and me getting out a toothpick to move around fine little cake crumbs.
But I like it too.
I think.
Can you tell what it is? My hubby did right away! He said, “Some diamonds lined up?”
*banging head against wallrepeatedly*
Um, no. Its supposed to be a bat. A Surprise Inside Cake with a BAT!
Oh well. At least it tasted ok.
It was white sheet cake (adapted from a recipe at allrecipes.com that I cannot seem to find for the life of me) and my favoritechocolatecake ever andchocolatefrosting.
The top design is simply my glaze icing and the little tiny bit of chocolate for the bird and branch is left overchocolatefrosting.
Even if you dont tackle the bat (heh, heh, tackle a bat, now that would be funny to see) I hope you will try the tree and bird design. It is really forgiving and will make such an impact!
(I justcouldn’tresist that big ole knife in there. I think thats about as scary as I get!)
Amanda this is amazing, unique, awesome and so many other words (LOL). I love your creative cakes!!
That is so awesome!! Good job!
Just beautiful! You make the most amazing things:@)
So clever!!! What a fantastic job!
That is the COOLEST cake EVER!
Every Batman-loving boy in the world would go crazy for this cake! Just thinking about cutting into it to surprise my son (10 years ago, sniff, he’s too old for Batman now…) makes me smile. You are so clever! And the icing is seriously gorgeous.
So very clever and I knew it was a bat all along! The inside of the cake part looks quite time consuming. The frosted top – so darn GREAT! I bet the cake tasted great too!
a bat! how adorable! your cake looks awesome too (:
We love the black and white design on top! I know others have already said this, but you are extrememly talented! The girls and I are going to attempt a bumble bee cake w/flower cake pops for their birthday this week. Could you send us some good cake vibes please 😉
I never would have thought of making a design for the inside of the cake. This is fabulous.