Category: Halloween
Yields:
12 Servings
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 2 Hr 30 Mins
Cook Time:
50 Mins
Total Time:
3 Hr 20 Mins
Welcome back to another lactose free recipe. This is the very final recipe of this year’s Halloween series. As it is the final of course it must be a showstopper. I present to you, this glorious bloody brain cake. A lovely vanilla cake carved, smothered in vanilla buttercream. Decorated with fondant and drizzled with edible blood. Perfect for any Halloween event or just any spooky old day.
The recipes on this website have been tested with lactose free ingredients multiple times to ensure their success and deliciousness. As always, this recipe is lactose free providing you use the right ingredients. Always make sure your ingredients are safe.
Ingredients
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Instructions
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Vanilla Cake
- Whilst I would love to give you a complete homemade cake recipe, it is much easier to just use two cake mixes. The decorating part takes a while. It is always good to save time where you can.
- Prepare the two cakes as per the instructions on the packet.
- Pour the cake batter into the springform cake tin.
- Normally when I make the cake, I use a wet cake strip around the edge. This prevents the cake from doming in the centre. For this recipe we want the centre to dome. This will make it much easier to carve the cake.
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Bake the cake for as long as the packet says. Insert a skewer into the centre. If it comes out clean, then the cake is done. If not, then place the cake back in for ten or so minutes longer.
- Leave the cake to cool down. Shaping
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Remove the cake and place it onto a clean cake board. Place that onto the cake turntable.
- It is time to carve the cake. I recommend looking at a reference picture to get the shape right.
- Brains are a domed oval shape. One end is bigger, and the other end is much smaller.
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Use your sharp knife to carve out the basic shape.
- Go in and smooth the edges out by making smaller cuts.
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Shape it so the bottom is rounded.
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Cut a shallow line down the very centre of the entire cake. Remove a small piece along that line. Shape the thickest side so that it has a rounded heart shape that tapers into that line.
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The next step is to do the crumb coating. Apply a generous amount of frosting to the cake. Cover completely and smooth down. Make sure to keep that line in the centre.
- Place the cake in the fridge for 30 minutes. Decorating
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The next step is to prepare the fondant. Divide the fondant into 6 pieces. It is much easier to work with little pieces at a time rather than the whole amount.
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Place a small amount of the copper colouring onto the fondant. Knead well. Add another piece of fondant. Again, knead until well combined. I bet you can see where this is going. Add a third piece of dough and knead. Place into a Ziplock bag.
- Grab another piece of dough. Place a small amount of the copper colouring onto the fondant. Knead well. Repeat the same process as you did in the step before.
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Bring the two large pieces of fondant together.
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Knead until both the pieces are completely combined.
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Divide the fondant into two. Place them into separate Ziplock bags.
- Grab the cake out of the fridge.
- Place the second cake board on top of the cake. Gently invert the cake.
- We will be decorating the bottom part first.
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Grab a piece of the fondant and roll into several long thin tubes. If the fondant feels dry apply a small amount of the baking glycerine.
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It is time to decorate. Grab a tube and start creating little squiggles along the bottom part. Keep placing them so they look random. You do not want to repeat the same pattern.
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Keep rolling out and placing the fondant around the bottom part. Make sure to keep the part in the centre where the line is clear. The fondant should come up to the very edge of it but not cover it. You need to be able to see a clear definition between the hemispheres.
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Flip the cake back over. Keep rolling out the fondant and decorating the cake. Make sure the pattern looks random.
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Decorate one hemisphere at a time.
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Make sure you the keep the centre part free. If you notice any areas near that centre part that are not covered in the fondant, simply take a small piece of fondant, and press it into those areas.
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Decorate the entire cake in the fondant squiggles. Keep the fondant tight.
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In a large bowl add a generous amount of honey. Add a drop of the red gel food colouring and a drop of the black gel food colouring.
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Use the clean brush to gently cover the entire the cake in the honey.
- Congratulations you now have a creepy brain cake.
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Serve, devour, and enjoy.
