Motherboard Cake
The things you’ll need
| Ingredients x 2
2 cups all purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 stick (4 ounces) salted butter, room temperature ¼ cup solid vegetable shortening 1 ½ cups sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract ¼ teaspoon almond extract 5 large white eggs ¾ cup whole milk |
Equipment
Hand mixer with beater attachments Two 9 by 13-inch metal baking pans, greased Large mixing bowl Medium mixing bowl Offset spatula Whisk Rubber spatula Decorating bags #4B, #2, #3, #5 decorating tips Leaf green food coloring Buttercream frosting Assorted Candies (See Time to Decorate) |
Let’s get started!
(Double recipe)
Preheat oven to 350°F and then grease two 9 by 13-inch baking pans.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat butter and shortening until softened.
Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes.
Beat in vanilla and almond extracts.
Add egg whites, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
On a low speed, alternate adding the flour mixture and the milk to the butter mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.
Divide batter evenly into the baking pans.
Bake until a wooden pick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes.
Let the cakes cool in the pans for 15 minutes and then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Level the tops of the cakes with a cake leveller or large knife.
Tint 3 tubs of butter cream frosting with leaf green food coloring until you reach the desired shade of green.
Scoop one-third of the green frosting into a decorating bag fitted with a #4B tip and set aside.
Place one cake on a platter or cake tray.
Frost the top of the layer with green frosting and set the second cake on top of it.
Frosting the top and sides of the entire cake with green frosting.
Place the cake in the freezer for 20 to 30 minutes.
Remove the cake from the freezer and go over the frosting with a warm spatula to make a smooth surface for decorating.
1. Time to decorate!
Use your favourites candies to look like the pieces of a motherboard.
MICROCHIPS:
Mini fruit chews (Starburst minis) and green fruit chews (Jolly Rancher Green Apple)
USB POWER:
Green fruit chews (Jolly Rancher Green Apple)
SATA PLUGS:
Blue fruit chews (Jolly Rancher Blue Raspberry)
GRAPHIC CARD SLOTS:
Chocolate caramel cookie bar (Twix)
BATTERY:
Mini chocolate peppermint patty (York Peppermint Patties Minis)
CAPACITORS:
Small chewy candies (Jujubes)
PLUGS:
Mini chocolate wafer bars (Kit Kat Minis)
NORTH BRIDGE AND SOUTH BRIDGE:
Chocolate peanut butter bar (Reese’s)
RIBBON TO CONNECT N/S BRIDGES:
Sour candy belts (Airheads Xtremes)
PROCESSOR:
Chocolate square (Ghirardelli) and milk chocolate bar (Hershey’s)
RAM SLOTS:
Chocolate wafer bar (Kit Kat)
2. Scoop the remaining tub of white frosting in 3 decorating bags fitted with #2, #3, and #5 tips, and pipe on the electrical pathway details.
3. Using the reserved green frosting (in the decorating bag fitted with a #4B tip), pipe green trim at the bottom of the cake.
4. TaDa!
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