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Brain Cake covered in fondant icing and strawberry jam
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Brain Cake

This is a stunner of a cake and the centre piece of a Halloween Table. It is very simple to make. The children could even help you make it.
Course cake
Cuisine American
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 10
Calories 646kcal
Author Jenny

Ingredients

  • 225 g Plain flour
  • 350 g Caster Sugar
  • 85 g Cocoa Powder
  • 1 ½ tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 ½ tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
  • 2 large Eggs
  • 250 ml of Milk
  • 125 ml of Vegetable Oil
  • 2 tsp of Vanilla Extract
  • 250 ml of Boiling Water
  • 1 kg Fondant Icing Pink or add red food colouring to achieve desired shade.Rolled into rolls of about little finger thickness.
  • Strawberry Jam for blobbing gently all over for bloody effect.

Instructions

  • Beat cake ingredients except boiling water together well.
  • Add boiling water until a thin batter.
  • Pour into tin and bake accordingly in 170 C oven(150 fan)for 35-45 mins.You will have to keep a close eye on it as I can only give rough cooking times as not sure what tins you are cooking in. Use a skewer to check. It should come out clean.
  • Carve cooled cake carefully to a brain shape and brush with strawberry jam. It is a chunky oval shape with a flat bottom and slightly wider at one end. Have a picture in front of you of the finished item. Don't forget the icing will hide lots!
  • Pinch off pieces of fondant icing and roll them into worm like pieces about 1 cm thick.Start placing on your fondant icing by using the worms to make a squiggle pattern. See photo. Figuratively split your cake in half. It really is very forgiving as you just keep going in a snake/maze like pattern.Then repeat on the other half. Indent the middle channel slightly.
  • Blob generous amount of Strawberry Jam on top for glorious gore.
  • A further dramatic flourish would be a carving knife plunged askew in the centre.
  • Apply to Warty Face

Notes

I used a stainless steel bowl 25cm wide and 12 cm deep.

Nutrition

Calories: 646kcal | Carbohydrates: 106g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 44mg | Sodium: 318mg | Potassium: 310mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 77g | Vitamin A: 100IU | Vitamin C: 1.7mg | Calcium: 87mg | Iron: 2.7mg