SUPPLIES TOOLS:
- Favorite cake recipe large enough to bake four 8" round cakes
- Favorite buttercream frosting
- 8" round cake pans
- Wilton food coloring gels in violet, royal blue and red
- Wilton candy sticks
- Wilton candy eyes
- 1 cup of Wilton Candy Melts in vibrant green
- 1/4 cup of Heavy whipping cream
- Optional, Wilton Candy Melt N Decorate bottle
- Icing smoother
DIRECTIONS:
- Bake cakes and allow to completely cool.
- Then color the icing dark purple using a small amount of all three colors until the desired color is reached.
- Level, ice and stack three of the 8" cakes onto an 8" cake round (set aside one 8" cake to make cake pops). Use an icing smoother to create a thin layer of icing around the cake. This is called a "crumb coat." It will seal in all the crumbs on the cake so that you can make a very smooth and clean layer of icing. Place stacked cakes in the fridge to chill for thirty minutes. Once cooled, add another layer of icing and smooth again.
- To make a candy melt ganache, melt 1 cup of candy melts with 1/4 cup of Heavy Whipping Cream in a microwave safe bowl for 30 second intervals until completely smooth. Pour into squeeze bottle or icing bag. Allow to cool to room temperature and pour over the top and edges of the chilled cake to create a slimy or oozing effect.
- Crumble the fourth 8" cake into a large bowl, add some buttercream frosting and mix until all cake crumbs are covered with frosting. Add buttercream a little at a time so the mixture doesn't become too wet. Chill cake pop mix for an hour. Form two large cake pops to create eyes on top of the monster cake. Use a little of the candy melt as a "glue" on the candy stick to attach to the cake pop. Pour remaining candy melt ganache over cake pops to give an oozing or slimy effect, immediately add candy eye.
- Place eyes on top of cake.
JOANN HACKS:
- After cakes have completely cooled, wrap them individually in saran wrap and place in the fridge. Chill for thirty minutes, unwrap and then cup the tops of the cake to level them. Chilling the cake will make it easier to cut the level.