Name: Wildfire flower cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Butter cream; 125 gram (4 ounces) butter; 1 1/2 cup (240g) confectioner's sugar; 2 tablespoon milk; 1 x 450g (14½-ounce) packaged double unfilled sponge slabs; 1 x 453g (14½-ounce) tub vanilla frosting; 7 red snakes; 14 spearmint leaves, halved; 7 creamy yellow jelly belly beans, halved; 3 red jelly belly beans, halved; 4 orange jelly belly beans, halved; 3 pale pink jelly belly beans, halved; 1 bright yellow jelly belly bean, halved; 3 red square jubes, halved; 2 yellow square jubes, halved; 4 each orange and red oval jubes, halved; 4 pale pink square jubes, halved; 2 pink oval jubes, halved; 3 purple rectangle jubes, halved; 5 each yellow and orange rectangle jubes, halved; 9 red rectangle jubes, halved; 1 orange oval jube; 1 green snake, sliced thinly; 2 teaspoon rainbow nerds

Wildfire flower cake

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Serves 12

Prep

20M

Cook

Total

1H 20M

Ingredients

Butter cream

125 gram (4 ounces) butter

1 1/2 cup (240g) confectioner's sugar

2 tablespoon milk

1 x 450g (14½-ounce) packaged double unfilled sponge slabs

1 x 453g (14½-ounce) tub vanilla frosting

7 red snakes

14 spearmint leaves, halved

7 creamy yellow jelly belly beans, halved

3 red jelly belly beans, halved

4 orange jelly belly beans, halved

3 pale pink jelly belly beans, halved

1 bright yellow jelly belly bean, halved

3 red square jubes, halved

2 yellow square jubes, halved

4 each orange and red oval jubes, halved

4 pale pink square jubes, halved

2 pink oval jubes, halved

3 purple rectangle jubes, halved

5 each yellow and orange rectangle jubes, halved

9 red rectangle jubes, halved

1 orange oval jube

1 green snake, sliced thinly

2 teaspoon rainbow nerds

Method

1.To make butter cream; beat butter until white as possible, gradually beat in half the sifted icing sugar then milk, then remaining icing sugar. Beat until smooth.

2.Secure cakes, side-by-side, to cake board with a little frosting or butter cream; spread top and sides with frosting or butter cream.

3.Tie red snakes into knots; trim tails, discard (or eat) tails. Using picture as a guide, decorate cake top with knotted snake heads, spearmint leaves, jelly beans, jubes and nerds to make flower patterns on cake. Use the thinly sliced green snakes to make stems and tendrils.

EQUIPMENT 30cm x 40cm (12-inch x 16-inch) rectangular cake board You can use butter cream instead of the vanilla frosting. We used a variety of different jubes to get different shapes.
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