ALMOST A HOT DOG
Below is my smaller version of the picture above. (Then I will include the website where you can make the full sized cake which is always a crowd pleaser).
In class we used:
Twinkies (or Little Debbie Cloud cakes)
Vanilla Frosting
red food coloring*
buttercup yellow food coloring*
pound cake
ziploc bags
- Unwrap the Twinkies
- make a small amount of RED frosting* & a small amount of Buttercup yellow frosting (* I prefer the gel food coloring- available at most craft stores in the cake decorating section)
- red frosting is your ketchup
- yellow is your mustard
- put each in a separate ziploc bag - to use for piping later- you don't need a lot of this- place to the side
- mix in a bowl- vanilla frosting and mostly red gel coloring and a little bit of yellow coloring (thus should make a redish-pink-with a small yellow tint)- keep working with it until you achieve a hot dog color
- frost the Twinkie with this frosting
- use the pound cake as the "bun"- I buy the pound cake from the grocery store-already sliced when possible
- extra pound cake- becomes French Fries if you cut them long ways (or you can use those potato sticks in the potato chip aisle if you prefer)
- garnish the hot dog with the "frosting mustard and/or ketchup"...... also do the fries.
- cut up green licorice (or sour gummy candy in squares to look like relish)
Link to the LARGE SIZED HOT DOG CAKE:
HARDLY A HAMBURGER
The adorable treats are so easy to make!!
Here is all you need:
- mini peppermint patties (as the meat)
- vanilla frosting (colored red as the ketchup)
- Vanilla frosting (colored yellow as the mustard)
- vanilla wafers (as the top & bottom bun)
- *sesame seeds (for the top bun- attach with a little bit of corn syrup)
- * green dyed coconut shavings (for lettuce)
*These items we did not use in class due to allergies
Assemble the items so they look like little hamburgers. You can also use vanilla frosting (not colored) as mayonnaise.
