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Snitch Cake

Ingredients

Cake

  • 1 Box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Favorites Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix
  • 1 Wilton® 3-D Sports Ball Pan Set
  • 1 Box Wilton® Decorator Preferred™ Fondant, Yellow Vanilla
  • 1 Cardboard cake circle

Chocolate Ganache

  • 4 oz Semi-sweet chocolate
  • 1/2 cup Heavy whipping cream

Wings

  • 1 Sheet Wafter paper
  • 2 Stem wires
  • 2 Bottles Wilton® Color Mist® Shimmering Food Color Spray

Instructions

Cake

  1. Follow instructions on the box. Once everything is mixed together, divide it evenly between the two spheres and bake as instructed.

  2. Spraying non-stick cooking spray into the spheres before you pour the batter in helps them slide right out once they're done!

Chocolate Ganache

  1. Break up the semi-sweet chocolate and set aside in a bowl.

  2. Pour the heavy whipping cream into a pan and place over medium heat until it begins to simmer.

  3. Once it's simmering remove it from the heat and pour it over the chocolate. Let sit for 2-3 minutes. Whisk together until smooth and well combined.

  4. Set aside until cool. I put it in the fridge until it was a thicker consistency.

Wings

  1. I feel like I would be absolutely terrible at explaining this step so instead of butchering this I'm going to tell you to watch Ashlee's video. She talks about the wings at the beginning from 8:40 - 17:50.

  2. If you use the gold spray, make sure you make these the night before so they have enough time to dry. If you're transferring the cake then leave the wings off and place them on a flat surface so they don't get smashed along the way.

Assembly

  1. Once the cake has completely cooled, slice a small piece off the bottom of one of the spheres, add ganache and stick it to a small cake circle to keep it in place. Spread a layer of ganache in the center and stick the two halves together. Continue to cover the entire ball.

  2. Roll out a large piece of fondant and lay it over the cake. Smooth it down while gently pulling, getting rid of any creases. Remove any excess at the bottom.

  3. Trace the design of the Snitch into the cake with a toothpick. This will help you make sure everything is lined up when you put the detail work on.

  4. Roll out strands of fondant. Based on the design you pick you'll be able to see how many long and short ones you'll need. Place these over the lines you traced in the fondant.

  5. Spray the whole cake in gold spray and place in the fridge until ready to eat.

  6. Add the wings as a final touch once this is ready to be set out.