Lots of little kids love owls and music, so we thought we would show you how to make a Birthday cake with a dual theme!
Musical Owl Birthday Cake
Course: Cakes, Occasions, Recipes
Servings
4
servingsPrep time
30
minutesCooking time
40
minutesCalories
300
kcalTotal time
1
hour10
minutes
Cook Mode
Keep the screen of your device on
Ingredients
0.25 number Sponge cake-1/4 slab from local bakery or supermaketrs under )
2 cups Icing sugar-see recipe below
1 tbsp Icing -eyes
60 gram White kit kat
22 large White chocolate melts
60 gram Licorice-cut in half for piano keys and 6 thin strips for eyelashes.
100 gram Chocolate Smarties
1 tbsp Edible Glitter for eyelashes (optional)
Directions
- Cut the top 10 cm off the sponge and cut the owl shape out. You will just be trimming the sides to shape the body and head.
- Ice cake top of cake then sides using a blunt knife. Have a hot glass of water to scrap knife into, this will keep your icing smooth.
- Now spoon 1/2 tablespoon of white icing for each eye then place a smartie in the center. Cut one white choc bud into a point as place just below the eyes in the center as the nose.
- Cut 6 thin strips of licorice with 2 slightly shorter, these will be the eyelashes. Place a long then short then long piece of licorice on the corner of each eye, now dust with glitter.
- Place kit kats in a row under nose, spanning from one side of the owl’s body to the other. Place small cut pieces of licorice to resemble the black keys on the white piano keys.
- Now place 2 white choc buds in the center below the piano keys to resemble feathers and continue the pattern down to base of owl. Place smarties in a similar feather pattern to resemble wings, see picture to follow.
- Recipe Hints and Tips:
- Musical Owl Birthday Cake is not suitable for freezing is best served the day it is made or the following day.
Very tasty, thankyou!