Budding rock stars can celebrate with this tasty electric guitar. Instead of two 9-inch (2.5 L) square cakes as in Easy Chocolate Cake recipe, make one square cake and 12 cupcakes; bake in two batches.
- Portion size 30 servings
- Credits : Canadian Living Magazine: July 2009
Ingredients
Method
Easy Chocolate CakeEasy Butter Icing
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Using diagram as guide, cut guitar body out of large cake; cut guitar neck, in sections, out of small cake. Place guitar body on short end of large cake board.
Remove 3 cups (750 mL) of the white icing to bowl. Remove 1-1/4 cups (300 mL) icing to separate small bowl; tint blue. Remove 3/4 cup (175 mL) icing to separate small bowl; tint black. Remove 1/2 cup (125 mL) icing to separate small bowl; tint light brown. Remove 1/4 cup (50 mL) icing to each of 5 small bowls; separately tint light grey, red, orange, yellow and green.
Using a little white icing, assemble and stick guitar neck to guitar body. Spread 1 cup (50 mL) of white icing over top and sides of cake to mask and seal in crumbs. Chill until firm, about 30 minutes.
Spread a little white icing on top to form pick guard. Using photo as guide, spread remaining top and sides of guitar body with blue icing. Spread top and sides of guitar neck with light brown icing.
Using piping bag fitted with small plain tip, pipe light grey icing to make frets, tuning pegs and strings.Using piping bag fitted with small plain tip, pipe dots of green icing at ends of strings.
Using piping bags fitted with small plain tips, pipe red, orange and yellow icings into flames on guitar. Attach licorice ropes for cord if desired. Chill until firm, about 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, spread remaining white icing over cupcakes. Using pastry bag fitted with large plain tip, pipe black icing into musical note on each. Arrange around guitar.
Nutritional facts Per each of 30 servings: about
- Sodium 346 mg
- Protein 4 g
- Calories 605.0
- Total fat 30 g
- Potassium 151 mg
- Cholesterol 40 mg
- Saturated fat 11 g
- Total carbohydrate 84 g
%RDI
- Iron 13.0
- Folate 24.0
- Calcium 1.0
- Vitamin A 13.0
