Rocket Ship Cake

By The Canadian Living Test Kitchen

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This recipe makes 16 slices servings

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Ingredients

4 eggs 4 4eggeggs
3/4 cup packed brown sugar 3/4 3/4cup cuppacked brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar 3/4 3/4cup cupgranulated sugar
1 cup vegetable oil 1 1cup cupvegetable oil
2 cups flour 2 2cups cupsflour
2 tsp baking powder 2 2tsp tspbaking powder
1-1/2 tsp cinnamon 1-1/2 1-1/2tsp tspcinnamon
1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 1/2tsp tspbaking soda
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg 1/2 1/2tsp tspground nutmeg
3 cups (750 mL) or about 4 large carrots , grated3 3cups (750 mL) or about 4 large cups (750 mL) or about 4 large carrotcarrots, grated
Icing:
2 pkg (8 oz/250 g each) cream cheese , softened2 2pkg (8 oz/250 g each) pkg (8 oz/250 g each)cream cheese, softened
2 cups icing sugar 2 2cups cupsicing sugar
2 tsp vanilla 2 2tsp tspvanilla
Food colouring Food colouring
Assorted small Candies Assorted small Candies

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C).

Grease sides of 13-x 9-inch (3.5 L) cake pan; line bottom with parchment or waxed paper. Set aside.

In large bowl, beat eggs with brown and granulated sugars until light. Beat in oil in thin steady stream. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and nutmeg; stir into egg mixture. Stir in carrots. Spoon into prepared pan. Bake in oven for about 45 minutes or until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean. Let cool in pan on rack for 15 minutes. Invert onto rack; let cool completely. Remove paper.

Icing:
In bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy; beat in icing sugar, 1 cup (250 mL) at a time, until smooth. Beat in vanilla.

Cut cake in half crosswise to make two equal rectangles. Trim long sides of 1 half to curve to point. Place halves on cake board with short ends together to form body of rocket. Place trimmings on side of cake toward bottom to form rocket fins.

With 3-inch (8 cm) round cookie cutter, cut out circle from top half of rocket; trim to half-moon shape. Set cutout at upper corner of cake board; frost with white icing, pressing with back of spoon to make craters. With pencil, trace circle in rocket. Lift top half of rocket from board; place photo of birthday child on marked circle. Replace rocket top so photo is visible.

Divide remaining icing among small bowls and tint with food colouring if desired. Frost top and sides of rocket. Decorate with candies as desired.