HOMEMADE Vanilla SpongeBob Cake with Marshmallow Fondant
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(Preheat oven to 350 Degrees)
INGREDIENTS
Fondant
- 3 Bags of Mini Marshmallows
- 2 Bags of Powder sugar (32oz)
- 1/3 cup of Water
- Yellow, Blue, Red, Brown, and Black Dye
- 1 stick of butter for counter and hands
- 1 Plastic Straw or toothpick
Frosting
- 3 1/2 sticks of Butter (Softened)
- 1 Bag of Powder Sugar (32oz)
- 1 Tbsp of Vanilla
- About 3-4 tbsp of Milk
- Yellow Dye
- 1 small premade bag of black frosting
Cake Batter
- 2 1/2 cups of Flour
- 2 1/2 tsp of Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp of Salt
- 2 Cups of Sugar
- 1 1/2 sticks of Butter
- 3 Eggs
- 1 Tbsp of Vanilla
- 1 Cup of Buttermilk
STEPS
Fondant
- Place 3 Bags of Marshmallows in a bowl and place in microwave for 3 minutes stirring every minute.
- Next add 1 whole bag of powder to Bowl and stir until incorperated
- After that butter the countertop and cover it with powder sugar. (About 1/4 of 1 (32 oz) bag)
- Pour marshmallow mixture on the countertop and than butter your hands so you can start forming your fondant.
- Kneed your fondant for about 5 minutes or until somewhat smooth
- Wrap in plastic wrap and place in refrigerator for about 2 hours (Or until cooled)
Frosting
- Place 3 1/2 sticks of softened butter, Yellow food dye, 1 bag of powdered sugar, 1 Tbsp of Vanilla and 3 tbsp of Milk in Bowl.
- Mix with a hand mixer until frosting is fluffy. ( About 3 - 5 Minutes )
Cake
- Set oven to 350 Degrees
- Butter and line 2 9x13 inch pans with parchment paper and butter
- Grab a bowl and place 2 1/2 cups of flour, 1/2 tsp of salt, and 2 1/2 tsp of Baking powder. Mix and set to aside.
- Next Grab another bowl and place your 1 1/2 sticks of softened butter and 2 cups of sugar inside.
- Blend for five minutes on high with a hand mixer.
- Next add your eggs one at a time and mix batter on medium speed between each additional egg. Mix on high for 1 minute
- After that add your flour mixture and your buttermilk in four intervals. Meanwhile stirring each addition until combined. ( DO NOT OVERMIX)
- Once everything is mix, split batter between 2 9x13 inch pans and bake for 18-20 mins at 350 Degrees.
ASSEMBLY
TIP MAKE SURE YOU BUTTER YOUR COUNTERTOP OBSESSIVILY BECAUSE THAT FONDANT IS STICKY
Frost
- Frost your 1rst layer of cake and then the second layer as well. (Try to make it as smooth as you can, dose not have to be perfect)
SpongeBob's Skin
- Cut your fondant in half and set one half to aside.
- Next cut another quarter of the fondant off and set to aside aswell.
- Dye the remaining fondant yellow knead it until fully combined.
- Once that is done roll it out and place it over your cake
- Cut around it and keep the scraps
Pants
- Grab the half of block of fondant you set aside earlier and cut it in half. Set one half aside.
- Next dye your fondant brown and kneed it until incorporated.
( I DO NOT RECOMMEND making your own brown because fondant might become to wet from dyes and also taste like dye … yummy)
- Roll out your fondant to a rectangle and place it over SpongeBob.
TIP IF anytime your having trouble with proportions or shapes, use parchment paper as a guide and a trace.
Shirt
- Next grab a handful of white fondant and roll it out.
- Cut out a rectangle and place it above the pants.
- After that cut out to triangles and place right in the middle of the shirt.
Eyes (White)
- Roll out a handful of white fondant and use a cookie cutter to cut out circles.
- Place on SpongeBob with both touching.
Nose and Cheeks
- Use the scraps of yellow fondant to roll out a cylinder for the nose.
- Insert a straw or a toothpick and place on cake
- Next for the cheeks make two yellow dots and place under SpongeBob's eyes.
Smile and Teeth
- Lightly trace a smile with a knife from one cheek to another.
- Next fill over with Black Frosting
- After that make 2 squares from your remaining white fondant and place right underneath SpongeBob's mouth.
Tie and Freckles
- Grab handful of white fondant and dye it red.
- Roll out the fondant and than carve out a triangle and a parallelogram.
- Place triangle on top of the shirt and the parallelogram right underneath it.
- Next make 6 dots and place on the cheeks (3 each)
Eyes (BLUE) And Pupil
- Grab a small handful of fondant and dye it blue.
- Make two small balls and place right on top of the eye. Flatten out the edges.
- Next dye 2 tiny balls of fondant black for those pupils.
EYELASHES
- Cut slit on your cake where you want to put your eyelashes.
- Frost over them with your black frosting
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