Father's Day Cake
Steps involved
Make cake layers
Make cream cheese icing
Make buttercream (no color)
Grind Oreos into crumbs
Assemble and ice cake
Cut out "Dad" letters
Put Oreo crumbs onto cake and peel away letters
READ BEFORE CONTINUING: The following recipes are scaled to make the cake pictured above -- a 4 layer cake made with 6-inch round cake layers. If you wish to make a smaller cake, please scale down these recipes.
recipes used
1 - 1.5 batches Italian meringue buttercream
I made this buttercream white chocolate flavored by adding 5 oz. of melted white chocolate (cooled down) to my 1x batch
I always like to have extra buttercream rather than not enough, so if you're not sure how much to use, I would recommend 1.5
Cream cheese icing (recipe below)
Cream Cheese Icing
Ingredients:
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
2 tbsp. butter, softened
3 cups powdered sugar
1-2 tsp. vanilla extract
milk, if needed to thin icing
Mix butter and cream cheese together
Add vanilla, mix
Slowly add powdered sugar and mix until all incorporated
If icing is too stiff you can add a splash of milk until it's the consistency you like
Colors used
None used.
Supplies/tools
To find the tools I use for almost every cake I make and decorate (including pans, cake boards, icing smoothers, etc.), click here.
The supplies/tools below are specifically for decorating this cake, which I used in addition to the ones in the link above.*
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Decorating the cake
After the cake has been assembled and iced:
Take a piece of parchment paper and cut out the letters "D" "a" "d". I used the image below (click the image to enlarge), traced it onto the parchment with an edible marker and then cut the letters out with an exacto knife.
Crush up 15-20 Oreos in a food processor until they are fine crumbs.
Place the parchment letters on the cake and use a paint brush or toothpick to make sure each little piece is stuck to the buttercream.
Taking a handful of the Oreo crumbs, start at the bottom of the cake and drag the handful of crumbs up the cake so they stick to the side of the cake, stopping before you reach the top. Repeat all the way around the cake, making sure to get a decent amount of crumbs to stick around the parchment letters (so it will be easy to distinguish the letters later).
Once you are happy with the way the crumbs look, use a toothpick to gently lift a corner of each letter and slowly peel away to reveal the buttercream underneath.
Slice and enjoy :)
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