Poodle Cake
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You can dress up this adorable poodle with a fabric bow.
Servings: 12 to 16
Ingredients:
| Nutritional Info | |
| Per each of 16 servings: about | - |
| cal | 652 |
| pro | 3 g |
| total fat | 33 g |
| sat. fat | 13 g |
| carb | 90 g |
| fibre | 2 g |
| chol | 51 mg |
| sodium | 356 mg |
| potassium | 144 mg |
| % RDI: | - |
| calcium | 2% |
| iron | 12% |
| vit A | 16% |
| folate | 23% |
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Two 9-inch (1.5 L) round Easy chocolate cakes
Easy butter icing
Pink paste food colouring
Assorted black candies and licorice rope
Preparation:
Easy Chocolate Cakes
Easy Butter Icing
Click here to download a PDF version of the Poodle Cake cutout instructions to your desktop.
Centre 1 of the cakes on large cake board for base. Using diagram as guide, cut out pieces from remaining cake.
Remove 1 cup (250 mL) of the icing to small bowl; tint light pink.
Using small amount of white icing, attach pieces A and B to base for ears. Attach piece C for topknot. Attach piece D to top of base for nose.
Spread 3/4 cup (175 mL) of the white icing over top and sides of cake to mask and seal in crumbs. Chill until firm, about 30 minutes.
Spread 2/3 cup (150 mL) of the white icing over top and sides of nose, ears and top knot. Use back of spoon to create swirls on nose.
Spread pink icing over top and sides of poodle face, using back of spoon to create swirls.
Using piping bag fitted with star tip, pipe remaining white icing into rosettes on ears and topknot. Using plain tip, pipe white icing to make eyes.
Use candies and licorice rope to make pupils, eyebrows, nose, and paw prints, if desired. Chill until firm, about 30 minutes.
Easy Butter Icing
Click here to download a PDF version of the Poodle Cake cutout instructions to your desktop.
Centre 1 of the cakes on large cake board for base. Using diagram as guide, cut out pieces from remaining cake.
Remove 1 cup (250 mL) of the icing to small bowl; tint light pink.
Using small amount of white icing, attach pieces A and B to base for ears. Attach piece C for topknot. Attach piece D to top of base for nose.
Spread 3/4 cup (175 mL) of the white icing over top and sides of cake to mask and seal in crumbs. Chill until firm, about 30 minutes.
Spread 2/3 cup (150 mL) of the white icing over top and sides of nose, ears and top knot. Use back of spoon to create swirls on nose.
Spread pink icing over top and sides of poodle face, using back of spoon to create swirls.
Using piping bag fitted with star tip, pipe remaining white icing into rosettes on ears and topknot. Using plain tip, pipe white icing to make eyes.
Use candies and licorice rope to make pupils, eyebrows, nose, and paw prints, if desired. Chill until firm, about 30 minutes.
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Canadian Living Magazine: July 2009
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