Burger Cake
Calories: 24
Adjust Servings Here: 36 servings
Description
A burger cake is the perfect celebration cake at any age because no matter what age you are, five or fifty, who doesn't love a hamburger? Right? This cake decorating tutorial includes recipes, step-by-step instructions, and videos so you can make this cake easily.
Ingredients
Funfetti Cake (2 layers)
- 2½ cups (310 g) All purpose flour
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 ½ tsp Baking powder
- ½ tsp Salt
- 8 oz (226 g) Unsalted Butter
- 2 cups (400 g) Sugar
- 4 Eggs
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 cup (240 ml) Buttermilk
- 1 cup (160 g) Sprinkles
Chocolate Cake (1 layer)
- 1¼ cup (156 g) All-Purpose flour
- ½ cup (43 g) Cocoa powder
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- ¾ tsp Baking soda
- ½ tsp Salt
- 4 oz (113 g) Unsalted Butter room temperature
- 1 cup (200 g) Sugar
- 2 Eggs large
- ½ cup (120 ml) Buttermilk
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
Vanilla Buttercream
- 8 oz (226 g) Butter unsalted
- 3 cup (360 g) Powdered sugar
- ¼ cup (60 ml) Whipping cream (38%)
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- ½ tsp Salt
Chocolate Buttercream
- 4 oz (113 g) Chocolate melted
White chocolate ganache
- 8 oz (226 g) White chocolate
- ½ cup (120 ml) Whipping cream (38% - hot)
French fries - cookie dough
- 1 cup (227 g) Butter
- 1 cup (200 g) Sugar
- 1 egg large
- 2 cups (250 g) Flour
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
Plus
- 1½ lb (680 g) White fondant white
- ½ lb (226 g) Fondant with CMC various colors
- ¾ lb (340 g) Chocolate fondant
- 4 oz (113 g) Gumpaste or(fondant with CMC)
- 1 cup (240 ml) White chocolate ganache with orange gel food color for mustard
- ¼ cup (60 ml) Strawberry jelly with red gel food color for ketchup
- Powdered dusts various colors
Instructions
Funfetti cake
- Preheat the oven to 325°F / 165°C / Gas Mark 3.
- Grease and line 2 x 7-inch round cake pans.
- Dry ingredients - Whisk or combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, followed by the vanilla extract.
- Next, add the flour and buttermilk in three batches. Then, fold in the sprinkles with a spatula.
- Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 35 to 45 minutes until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool in the baking pan for 10 minutes. Then, invert onto a cooling rack until completely cold.
Chocolate cake
- Preheat the oven to 325°F / 165°C / Gas Mark 3.
- Grease and line a 7-inch round cake pan..
- Dry ingredients - Whisk or combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, followed by the vanilla extract.
- Next, add the flour and buttermilk in three batches.
- Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 35 to 45 minutes until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool in the baking pan for 10 minutes. Then, invert onto a cooling rack until completely cold.
Frosting
- Vanilla buttercream - In the bowl of a stand mixer, with the paddle attachment, cream the butter for a minute, then add the powdered sugar, whipping cream, and vanilla extract. Whip until light and fluffy.
- Chocolate buttercream - Take 3 cups of vanilla buttercream and fold in the melted chocolate until smooth and well combined.
- Chocolate ganache - Add the chocolate and whipping cream to a microwave-safe bowl. Heat in the microwave for a minute or two, stirring every 30 seconds until smooth. Set aside to cool until it thickens to a peanut butter consistency.
Veggies - using fondant with CMC
- Onions - I rolled sheets of violet and white as shown in the video. Then, rolled them like a jelly roll until I had a 3-inch log. Freeze the log for 30 minutes so it becomes firm. Then, slice into thin slices.
- Tomatoes - Roll red fondant to ¼ inch thickness. Then, cut 3-inch circles and each circle into half. I made a few tomato seeds using yellow fondant. And painted the edges with a deeper red.
- Pickles - Roll lime green fondant into 1/4 inch thickness then cut small circles. Use a thin ball tool to make holes and paint the edges with olive green food gel color.
- Lettuce - Roll light green fondant as thin as possible. Cut into quarters, and use a flower veiner to make a leaf impression. Use a ball tool to think and frill the edges. Place the pieces on crumpled foil to dry.
- Cheese slice - I rolled orange-colored fondant into a square. Then, cut that square diagonally to get four triangles.
- Mustard paste - I colored some white chocolate ganache with orange gel food color to make a mustard paste.
Beef patty
- Carve the chocolate cake as shown in the video using a sharp paring knife. Then, frost it on both sides with chocolate frosting. Chill the cake for an hour or until firm.
- Cover the cake with brown fondant as shown in the video. Then, crumple a piece of aluminum foil into a tight ball. Roll the foil over the brown fondant to create an impression.
- Using a thick paint brush and brown food gel, paint the burger patties as shown in the video. Set aside until ready to assemble.
Burger bun top
- Take one of the 7-inch layer cakes. Carve a dome as shown in the video. I torted the layer in half and frosted it with vanilla buttercream. Alternatively, you can leave the dome without layering it.
- Frost the outside of the dome with white chocolate ganache. Use a soft plastic smoother to smooth as much as possible. Chill the cake in the fridge until the ganache is firm.
- Then, cover the cake with ivory fondant. Airbrush the cake as shown in the video using shades of Ivory airbrush colors. While still wet, sprinkle some sesame seeds. Set aside until ready to assemble.
Burger bun bottom.
- Carve the second 7-inch layer cake as shown in the video. Torte into two and frost it with vanilla buttercream in between layers.
- Frost the outside with white chocolate ganache and chill in the fridge until firm. Then, cover the cake with ivory fondant as shown in the video.
- Airbrush the cake as shown in the video using shades of Ivory food gel color. Set aside until ready to assemble.
French fries
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar until light and airy. Add a few drops of ivory food color gel.
- Then, add the egg, followed by the flour and vanilla extract. Transfer the dough to a work surface and divide into two. Wrap each disc in plastic wrap and chill until firm enough to roll.
- Once chilled, roll the dough to about ½ inch thickness. Cut the French fries as shown in the video and chill again in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 30°F /177°C/ Gas Mark 4. Bake the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then on a cooling rack until cooled completely.
- When cooled, dust the fries with a combination of red, brown, and gold dust (powdered colors) as shown in the video.
Assemble the hamburger
- On a 16-inch square cake board, place the burger bun bottom as shown in the video.
- Pipe some orange colored ganache (mustard paste) around the edges and fill the center with vanilla buttercream as shown in the video.
- Place the burger patty on top. Top the patty with fondant cheese slices and veggies - onion slices, tomato, pickles, and lettuce.
- Finally, place the burger bun top. I used a dowel to ensure the top does not move around. Pipe the ganache, mustard paste, and strawberry jelly ketchup as needed.
- Arrange the French fries around the cake. Enjoy!
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