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Leprechaun Hat Cake

Course: Dessert
Servings: 10 servings
Author: Wendy

Equipment

  • 6 - 9 inch cake pans
  • 6 - 12 inch cake round cake boards
  • Cake Leveler
  • 1 medium ice cream scoop
  • 3 disposable piping bags, 1 fitted with a large star tip, 1 fittedwith a medium star tip and 1 fitting with a small star tip
  • 1 medium ice cream scoop

Ingredients

Cake Ingredients

  • 3 boxes of French Vanilla Cake Mix
  • 3 cups whole milk
  • 9 large eggs
  • 1 ½ cups unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
  • Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue and Purple food coloring

Vanilla Frosting Ingredients

  • 3 cups unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
  • 8 cups powdered sugar
  • 3 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 5 tablespoon heavy whipping cream
  • Kelly Green Food Coloring
  • Black Gel Food Coloring
  • Gold Gel Food Coloring

Instructions

  • Cake Directions
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray the cake pans with baking spray.
  • In a large mixing bowl, mix together cake mix, milk, eggs, and butter
    until combined and smooth.
  • Split the batter evenly between the 6 mixing bowls.
  • Add in a few drops of color into their own bowls.
  • Mix until colors are combined.
  • Pour the red batter into one cake pan.
  • Pour the orange batter into the second cake pan.
  • Pour the yellow batter into the third cake pan.
  • Repeat steps with remaining colored batter and cake pans.
  • Bake the pans in the preheated oven for 21-25 minutes or until a tooth
    pick comes out clean.
  • Allow cakes to cool completely on the counters.
  • Using the cake leveler, cut the domes off of the cakes to create even slices.

Frosting Directions

  • Using a standing mixer, beat together all ingredients until smooth and
    stiff peaks form, about 5-7 minute.
  • Directions on putting the cake together.
  • Place the purple cake layer onto the cake board,
  • Scoop about 1 C of frosting onto the cake layer and spread evenly.
  • Place the blue cake layer on top of the frosting.
  • Scoop 1 C of frosting onto the blue layer and spread evenly.
  • Place the green cake layer on top of the second layer or frosting.
  • Scoop 1 C of frosting onto the green layer and spread evenly.
  • Repeat steps with the Yellow, Orange and Red layer. Make sure you put the cake layers in the order of Purple, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red.
  • Scoop 2 C of the frosting into a medium bowl and mix in until combined several drops of black food coloring.
  • Scoop the black frosting into the piping bag fitted with a medium star tip.
  • Scoop 1 C of the frosting into a small bowl and mix until combined several drops of gold gel food coloring until combined.
  • Scoop the gold frosting into the piping bag fitting with a small star tip.
  • Using the remaining frosting in the mixing bowl, mix in a few drops of the kelly green food coloring.
  • Scoop all that frosting into the large piping bag fitted with the large star tip.

Decorating Directions

  • Place the cake onto the serving board
  • Using the green frosting, pipe an edging around the bottom of the cake
    board to create the bottom part of the hat.
  • Using the black frosting, pipe the belt buckle all around the hat.
  • Using the Green frosting again, pipe dollops of green frosting all over the cake until completely covered.
  • Using the Gold frosting, pipe the buckle in the front and center of the black belt on the cake.
  • Place back into the fridge overnight to get a clean cut.
  • Enjoy!