Hello Readers,
Thanksgiving is right around the corner. If you're like us, you aren't a fan of the turkey or green bean casserole. You would rather have a sweet treat at the end of your feast! We have a recipe for you to make your own Different Thanksgiving cake. Our recipe includes 3 components: the cake itself, the frosting, and the picture. First, you make the cake. After that, you make the frosting. You can make the decorations any time you want.
Part 1: Making the Cake
You can make the cake however you want to, but we recommend the Pillsbury Moist Supreme Yellow Premium Cake mix.
Step 1: First, get out your ingredients. You will need: 1 cup of water, 1/2 cup oil, 3 eggs. Fun fact: Scarlett's favorite breakfast is scrambled eggs. If you don't have eggs:, you can use 1/4 cup of Greek yogurt. Gobble Gobble loves yoghurt and he once stole all of the yoghurt out of their fridge! If you don't have oil, you can use 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce. You will need 2 9-inch round pans.
Step 2: Set the oven to 350°F. Coat the bottom of the pans with no-stick cooking spray or shortening and a flour dusting.
Step 3: Beat cake mix, water, oil and eggs in bowl with a mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes. Pour the batter into the pans). That beater sure spins fast. Mouse and his siblings love to play a game called spinny spin spin. They spin very fast!
Step 4: Bake for 29 to 33 minutes at 350°F. Doreen's family used to have all their Easter egg hunts outside, but it got too hot, just like the oven, so they moved it inside. Stick a toothpick into the cakes. When the toothpick inserted the center comes out clean, the cake is done. Cool for 10 to 15 minutes before removing the cakes from the pan. Cool the cake completely before frosting.
Part 2: The frosting
We like to buy frosting because it is delicious and convenient. Our favorite frosting is Pillsbury Creamy Supreme Milk Chocolate Frosting. You can get whatever is available at your local supermarket.
Part 3: The decorations
You can draw Rosie's family or to be even more creative, you can draw or print out a picture of your own family! We will show you how to draw some festive decorations of Rosie's family.
Step 1: You will need 2 pieces of paper, markers or crayons, 5 popsicle sticks or toothpicks, tape, and scissors.
Step 2: Draw the characters or people in your family. Here's how mine turned out!
The final step is to put it all together!
Step 1: Slice the top off of one of the cakes so that it is flat, rather than rounded. Spread frosting heavily on top of that cake. Put the second cake on top of the frosting, making sure that the flat part of your second cake is on the bottom. The only rounded part of your cake should be at the top. Now your cake has 2 layers!
Step 2: Spread frosting all over the sides and top of your layered cake. You can put sprinkles on if you would like to.
Step 3: Tape the popsicle sticks or toothpicks to the tape. Put the picture on the cake. Be sure to stick the popsicle sticks or toothpicks into the cake so that it stands on its own.
Now you have a festive Thanksgiving cake! The last step is to gobble gobble it up!
Sincerely,
Bethany and Mika
