My grandchild has been asking for a Tiger Cake since her older sister's birthday last Sept.
This request was always the same even when her birthday came closer. When asked how old she was, she would hold up 3 fingers and say that I was making her a Tiger Cake and that the Tiger said "Grrrrrrr"
The look on her face told me the cake was a big success!
The cake was baked in two 8" round pans.
When the white batter cake is mixed up, using three bowls, divide your cake batter into three parts. I needed more white batter to get more white in the cake.
One bowl of batter is left white;
to one of the other white cake batter, add about 1/2 c of cocoa;
to the three bowl of white cake batter, add orange dye until you get the desired orange colour.
Line both of the baking pan with parchment paper, first drop about a 1/3c of one of the batter in the centre, then the next colour of the batter, drop it over the first layer, then the same with the next colour, continue until you have used use half of the amount in each bowl. Then do the next round pan, the same way to get the tiger coloured cake!
The cake was first assembled on a pedestal cake stand, with chocolate chip cookies for the ears and the paws along with large marshmallows for the tail. Remember to line under the cake and cookies with parchment before icing the cake.
Butter Frosting was used to cover the cake and in between the layers
Butter Frosting
- 1/2 c butter, softened
- 1/2 c shortening, softened
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 T milk
- 4 c icing sugar
Blend shortening, butter and vanilla
Add cup of icing sugar at a time, beat well
Add in the milk, beat until fluffy
Chocolate frosting was melted and poured in a plastic zip bag. The end was cut to use as decorating tip, but the chocolate was still hot and the tip too big, so the tiger had thick Strips!
