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18) Mario Mushroom Cake

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 10 servings
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 box yellow cake mix + ingredients called for on box eggs, oil, water
  • 2 round cake pans 8-inch
  • 2 cups buttercream frosting store-bought or homemade
  • Red gel food coloring 1 tsp
  • White fondant 6 oz
  • Black fondant 1 oz
  • Piping bag with round tip or zip-top bag small corner snipped

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease two 8-inch pans and line bottoms with parchment.
  2. Mix and bake cake batter per box directions, 25–30 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely.
  3. Trim one cake into a dome by carving a rounded top for the mushroom cap. Leave the other flat for the base.
  4. Stack cakes with a thin layer of frosting between. Crumb coat with frosting and chill 15 minutes.
  5. Tint remaining frosting red. Frost the dome smoothly, then press white fondant circles onto cap for spots.
  6. Roll black fondant into a small rectangle for the face and press on. Pipe a rim of white frosting where cap meets stalk.