How about galloping a watermelon cake?<\/p>\n
Give yourself a treat of watermelon joy and delicious cake together in a single bite.<\/p>\n
You surely need to have some patience while following this watermelon cake recipe but you will surely love the result.<\/p>\n
You may have seen a lot of cakes that look like real things, and it’s your turn to make one that looks like a watermelon.<\/p>\n
Be prepared with all the ingredients and equipment beforehand so you won’t end up messing with this watermelon cake recipe.<\/p>\n
\u25cf Nonstick cooking spray<\/p>\n
\u25cf 2 boxes white cake mix<\/p>\n
\u25cf 5 tsp. red gel food coloring, divided<\/p>\n
\u25cf 1 c. mini dark chocolate chips<\/p>\n
\u25cf 2 tbsp. all-purpose flour<\/p>\n
\u25cf 3 c. (6 sticks) unsalted butter<\/p>\n
\u25cf 10 c. powdered sugar<\/p>\n
\u25cf 1\/2 c. whole milk<\/p>\n
\u25cf 2 tbsp. vodka<\/p>\n
\u25cf 2 tsp. green gel food colouring<\/p>\n
\u25cf 2 tsp. yellow gel food colouring<\/p>\n
\u25cf Black mini jelly beans<\/p>\n
1. Preheat the oven to 350-degree celcius.<\/p>\n
2. Take four round cake pans and line them properly with parchment paper.<\/p>\n
3. Open both boxes of cake mix boxes and prepare according to the instructions on the box.<\/p>\n
4. Now add four teaspoons of red food colouring to the cake mix.<\/p>\n
5. Add the chocolate chips in the flour and fold gently into the batter.<\/p>\n
6. Now divide the cake batter equally into the prepared cake pans.<\/p>\n
7. Put a toothpick in the centre of each cake pan and bake them all for about 30 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean.<\/p>\n
8. Take out of the oven and let them cool. Invert on the cake wire racks to cool completely.<\/p>\n
9. Now beat butter and half of powdered sugar together in a bowl with a hand mixer. Add the remaining sugar along with \u00bd cup of milk, and \u00bc teaspoon salt. Your frosting is ready!<\/p>\n
10. Divide the frosting between two bowls. Add 1 teaspoon of red gel food colouring in one<\/p>\n
bowl of frosting.<\/p>\n
11. Now start putting all the eight prepared cakes one on one by layering every cake with the prepared frosting of red colouring gel.<\/p>\n
12. Put \u00bd cup of frosting in a self-prepared piping bag. Add a crumb coat on the outside of the cake. Put the cake in the refrigerator until everything sets on the place.<\/p>\n
13. Now take the bowl of frosting without food colour and put it around the cake nicely and equally.<\/p>\n
14. On top of the cake, apply the red coloured frosting carefully by keeping it inside the white layer outside the cake.<\/p>\n
15. Take the black mini jelly beans and scatter them on top of the cake. Push the jelly beans little inside of the frosting.<\/p>\n
16. Take yellow, green, and light green food colouring and mix them with 1 spoon of Vodka in a bowl. Keep the yellow food colouring in a different bowl.<\/p>\n
17. Take two sponges, dip then in the prepared colouring, and make watermelon-like patterns on the white frosting around the cake.<\/p>\n