GRAVEYARD FAULT LINE CAKE

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Graveyard Fault Line Cake image

Provided by Buddy Valastro

Categories     dessert

Yield 8 to 10 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

One 6-or-8-inch round cake, chilled
1 1/2 cups chocolate cake or cookie crumbs
2 containers store-bought chocolate fudge icing
Copper or gold petal dust and alcohol
Grey modeling chocolate
Brown modeling chocolate
Black modeling chocolate
White modeling chocolate
Candy eyeballs

Steps:

  • Place the cake on your cake board in the center of a turntable cake stand. Using your hands, press the crumbs into the side of the cake in a strip around the center of the cake. Create a horizontal strip of crumbs around the center of the side of the cake.
  • Place your chocolate icing in a piping bag and cut a small tip. Ice the top and bottom of the cake leaving the crumbed area exposed. Smooth out the icing using your offset spatula and a bench scraper to make the sides smooth. Cover the top of your cake in crumbs to resemble dirt. Chill for 30 minutes.
  • If you would like to add an extra dimension you can use copper or gold petal dust to paint the edges of the fault line. Place a small amount of dust in a small bowl and dilute with a few drops of vodka or other alcohol. Using a paint brush, paint along the edges where the icing meets the crumbs (this will be easier to execute if the cake has been chilled).
  • To make the decorations, warm the modeling chocolates by kneading them in your hands. Marble some gray, brown and black modeling chocolate together to create a stone color and press into a tombstone mold. (If you do not have a mold you can sculpt the shape using a picture for reference.) Roll long tubes of white modeling chocolate and wrap them around toothpicks. Manipulate the end of the tube to resemble a skeleton hand. Place all your decorations on the top of the cake to create a scary graveyard scene.

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