Deviled Egg Cake
- Cooking spray
- 2 16 -to-18-ounce boxes white cake mix (plus required ingredients)
- 4 freeze-dried strawberries, finely crushed
- 2 3 -inch pieces green sour straws or licorice lace
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- Pinch of salt
- 3 large egg whites
- Yellow food coloring
- Coat a 1 1/2-quart and a 2 1/2-quart ovenproof bowl with cooking spray.
- Prepare the cake mixes; divide the batter between the bowls.
- Bake at 325 degrees F, about 45 minutes for the small bowl and about 55 minutes for the large bowl.
- Let cool, then remove from the bowls.
- Make the frosting: Heat the sugar with the cream of tartar, salt and 1/3 cup water in a saucepan, stirring, until dissolved.
- Beat the egg whites with a mixer until frothy.
- Slowly beat in the hot sugar mixture, then beat until stiff peaks form, about 7 minutes.
- Remove about 2 cups of the frosting to a small bowl and fold in enough yellow food coloring to make a bright egg yolk color (about 8 to 10 drops); set aside.
- Set the cakes rounded-side down.
- Trim the tops with a serrated knife so the cakes sit at the same height.
- Flip the cakes over and slice off a 3-inch piece from each one as shown; reserve the trimmings.
- Line up the cut sides of the cakes, then trim the sides of the smaller cake as shown to make an oval shape.
- Flip the cakes over.
- Use a little white frosting to stick the cakes together, then cover completely with a thin layer of frosting; freeze 20 minutes.
- Cover with the remaining white frosting, making it as smooth as possible.
- Crumble the reserved cake trimmings and mix with just enough of the prepared yellow frosting to moisten.
- Clump the mixture together and mound on the wider end of the cake to form the yolk.
- Put the remaining yellow frosting in a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip.
- Pipe in a spiral over the cake mound.
- Sprinkle with the crushed strawberry "paprika" and top with the sour straw "chives."
- Photograph by Andrew Purcell
cooking spray, white cake, strawberries, green sour straws, sugar, cream of tartar, salt, egg whites, yellow food coloring
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/deviled-egg-cake.html (may not work)