Elephant Cake Recipe

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Ingredients
8
Count
Nutrition
766
Calories
Total time
70
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 package yellow cake mix (regular size)
  • 1 package devil's food cake mix (regular size)
  • 1-1/2 cups shortening
  • 1-1/2 cups butter, softened
  • 12 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 4 to 7 tbsp milk
  • black and blue paste food coloring

Directions:

  1. Line two 9-in. round baking pans and one 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan with waxed paper; grease the paper. Prepare both cake batters and bake according to package directions, using the 9-in. pans for the yellow cake and the 13-in. x 9-in. pan for the chocolate cake. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Level cake tops if necessary.
  2. Referring to Fig. 1 and using a serrated knife, cut out a trunk and two feet from one yellow cake. Referring to Fig. 3, cut out an ear and tail from second yellow cake. (Discard leftover cake pieces or save for another use.)
  3. Center chocolate cake on a 28-in. x 16-in. covered board. Referring to Fig. 2, position trunk along left bottom edge of cake and tail on right side. Place feet at bottom corners of cake. Place ear 2 in. from left side of cake.
  4. For frosting, in a large bowl, cream the shortening and butter until light and fluffy. Gradually add the confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough milk to achieve desired consistency.
  5. Tint 1/4 cup of frosting black; set aside. Set aside 1/2 cup white frosting. Tint remaining frosting blue-gray, using small amounts of black and blue food coloring. Spread 2 cups of the blue-gray frosting over top and sides of cake.
  6. Trace a 1-1/2-in. x 1-1/4-in. oval for the eye. Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; insert round tip #4. Fill bag with black frosting. Outline eye and fill in pupil; pipe eyelashes and mouth. Using star tip #25 and reserved white frosting, pipe stars to fill in eye and add nostril and toes.
  7. With blue-gray frosting and star tip #16, pipe stars over top and sides of elephant. Yield: 24-30 servings.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 766.46 Kcal (3209 kJ)
Calories from fat 230.53 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 25.61g 39%
Cholesterol 30.59mg 10%
Sodium 136.54mg 6%
Potassium 27.74mg 1%
Total Carbs 136.93g 46%
Sugars 116.23g 465%
Dietary Fiber 0.22g 1%
Protein 1.37g 3%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 5%
Iron 0.2mg 1%
Calcium 42.8mg 4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 17.4
    Points
  • 22
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • low cholesterol

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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