Description
A delicious pineapple cake decorated with fondant and chocolate to create a beautiful dessert basket.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 Pineapple cake
- 2 cups American buttercream frosting
- 1 cup Melted chocolate
- 2 cups Modeling chocolate (Or brown fondant)
Instructions
- Bake cake and allow it to cool completely.
- While the cake is baking and cooling, prepare frosting.
- Keep cake and frosting aside as you prepare the basket.
- Rub shortening inside a glass cup.
- Cut out strips of wax paper and stick it on the inside. The shortening works like glue.
- Pour melted chocolate into the glass. This layer of chocolate should be approximately 1 inch thick.
- Cut brown lollipop sticks or pretzel rods about the same height as your glass. You will need an even number of sticks.
- Stick these lollipop sticks into your glass of melted chocolate. Make sure to keep them evenly spaced. Place this glass in the freezer for about 15 minutes so the chocolate hardens quickly.
- Take the cup out of the freezer. Gently remove the whole chocolate structure from the glass.
- Peel the wax paper. Make sure this whole chocolate structure is sitting on a sheet of wax paper.
- Optional step: Roll out modeling chocolate and keep it about a quarter of an inch thick. Use a circle cutter to cut out a piece ensuring that the size of this circle is the same size as the base of your chocolate structure. Brush some corn syrup or melted chocolate on top of this piece. Place your whole chocolate structure on top of this circle piece and gently press it so that everything sticks together. Wait 15-20 minutes until everything is dry and secure.
- Use a clay extruder with the circle attachment to make many long rope pieces.
- Start running your ropes through the sticks carefully. You go in though one stick and come out the other. Keep doing this until you have one row. Cut off excess with a sharp knife. Use the warmth of your fingers to pinch and stick the joints together.
- Now, take another rope and start going through the sticks again but this time, go in the opposite direction of going ‘in and out’. Keep running your ropes through the sticks until you get to the top. Make sure to leave some space on the top.
- Use a clay extruder to make three long ropes and braid them.
- Stick this braid piece around the top of your basket, using some melted chocolate.
- Make another braid and stick it around the base of the basket, using some melted chocolate.
- Cut out two modeling chocolate loops and stick them on the sides of the basket, using some melted chocolate.
- Let this basket firm up overnight.
- Use a circle cutter to cut out cakes. Place a round cake inside the basket, top it with icing. Then, place another round cake and top it with icing smoothly. Stick a few fondant flowers and leaves to cover the top. Enjoy!
Notes
- Ensure the chocolate structure is fully dried before adding decorations.
- Use a sharp knife for cutting the fondant and cakes for clean edges.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 piece
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 25g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 50g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 30mg