Spooky Cake Recipe

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Ingredients
15
Count
Nutrition
1268
Calories
Total time
180
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Grease and base line two 3 ltr.
  2. Ovenproof pudding basins.
  3. Combine the castor sugar, sugar, butter, flour, baking powder, eggs and vanilla essence.
  4. Beat well until smooth.
  5. Divide the mixture between the 2 bowls.
  6. Smooth the surfaces and bake at 180C degrees for 1 hour until they are well-risen and firm to the touch.
  7. Cover them with foil if they turn too brown.
  8. Leave in the basins for 5 minutes, then turn them out and cool on wire racks.
  9. Beat butter together with the icing sugar and lemon juice until smooth.
  10. Trim the crusty top off the cakes to make flat surfaces.
  11. Cut each cake horizontally through the middle.
  12. Spread the cut surface of the slices with butter icing followed by jam.
  13. Sandwich the cakes together, one upturned on the other, to form a round shape.
  14. Brush all over with remaining jam.
  15. Divide the marzipan into 8 portions.
  16. Roll into long sausage shapes on a cornfloured surface.
  17. Drape over the cake to form ridges, tuck under base and trim off the excess.
  18. Press down firmly at the top to make an indentation for the stalk.
  19. Colour 3 quarters of the ready-to-roll icing orange.
  20. Roll out on cornfloured surface and use to cover the cake.
  21. Tuck the ends under, trim and save the excess.
  22. Colour equal portions of the remaining icing black, yellow, dark green and pale green.
  23. Roll and carefully cut into triangles for the eyes and the nose.
  24. Then brush one side of the shapes lightly with jam and fix into place.
  25. Cut a mouth shape through the orange icing on the cake and brush the sponge with more jam.
  26. Cut out a mouth shape from yellow icing and fit into gap.
  27. Make teeth from remaining orange icing and fix in place with jam.
  28. Surround mouth with black liquorice bootlace, fixing firmly with jam.
  29. Lightly knead the green icings together and shape or roll into stalk and leaf shapes.
  30. Fix onto the cake with jam.
  31. Wind green bootlaces around a clean pencil.
  32. Remove gently and place by the leaves to form curly tendrils.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1268.35 Kcal (5310 kJ)
Calories from fat 339.29 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 37.7g 58%
Cholesterol 244.95mg 82%
Sodium 679.98mg 28%
Potassium 350.4mg 7%
Total Carbs 221.45g 74%
Sugars 84.53g 338%
Dietary Fiber 3.22g 13%
Protein 14.79g 30%
Vitamin C 4.2mg 7%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 6%
Iron 3.2mg 18%
Calcium 145.3mg 15%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 260.14 Kcal (1089 kJ)
Calories from fat 69.59 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 7.73g 58%
Cholesterol 50.24mg 82%
Sodium 139.47mg 28%
Potassium 71.87mg 7%
Total Carbs 45.42g 74%
Sugars 17.34g 338%
Dietary Fiber 0.66g 13%
Protein 3.03g 30%
Vitamin C 0.9mg 7%
Iron 0.7mg 18%
Calcium 29.8mg 15%

* 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

  • 27.9
    Points
  • 35
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar

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