BTW, that is a mummy figurine on top.
Honestly, this cake wasn't that hard to make. I baked and assembled it Friday night and applied the deliciousness that was the frosting I made on Saturday. The key to getting a thin, smooth frosting cover is to apply it in two layers. When I assembled it, I covered each layer with a thin cover of store bought cream cheese frosting. This layer sealed in the crumbs and stuck the layers together. Once I did that, I refrigerated the cake over night. Chilling the cake helped set the frosting layer and made this huge, heavy cake a bit more stable.
Devil's food cake and cream cheese frosting is always delish but what really made this cake was the outer layer of frosting. I made the super easy cream cheese frosting featured in The Joy of Cooking. I found the recipe over at slashfood.com
Beat 8 oz. cold cream cheese (not rock solid, but it means you can use it straight out of the refrigerator) with 5 Tbsp. softened butter and 2 tsp. vanilla until combined. Gradually add 2 c. powdered sugar that has been sifted after measuring. Continue to add more sifted powdered sugar until you reach a consistency and sweetness that fits your taste.Then, to give the frosting the right color and the sandy texture, we crushed 18 cinnamon graham crackers (2 sleeves) and mixed it directly into the frosting. It truly was good enough to eat by the spoonful.
No softening the cream cheese (though you do have to plan ahead with the butter). No whipping to a certain point that occurs for all of ten seconds before it's ruined. The hardest part is not eating the frosting straight from the bowl by the spoonful.
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BREAKING NEWS...Gabe used the potty!!!!
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I suddenly have a desire to go buy a tub of frosting and crumble graham crackers into it.
Great cake. Wish I were there. :)
That's one HUGE cake! I am all about the devil's food, as well. Yummy!
Guess who's impressed?
I can't bake cakes to save my life! Cookies I can do... but not cake.
It looks fantastic!
Sigh. I love cake (and especially frosting!) but there are not enough people in my house to eat cake. So I never bake cakes and look longingly at yours on the screen. It's fantastic. And now I'm hungry.
I am impressed! It looks great!
Wow! I have said it before, but I will say it again--you are one great mama!
That's some cake! And you are some mom.
Yay for Gabe!
That sounds like YUMMY frosting!!
Fabulous cake! And yay for Gabe and the potty.
I'm having a hard time keeping up with you hear. I could swear when I sat down there were only 8 posts from you in my reader, now there are 10.
Holy cow, that's a monster cake! Did you eat it all??
The cake looks delicious and I appreciated your tips on building such a wonderful looking cake. My boys would think this is SO cool!
What really caught my eye, however, was that Gabe used the potty!
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Go Gabe! Go You! Go Gabe! Go You!
AWESOME cake and we LOVE cream cheese frosting. I make the exact one you do :) It's great to dip strawberries and other fruit. I'm not going to lie, I eat it by the tablespoonfuls!
Wow, that's a big cake! I bet it was delish!
My mouth is watering just looking at that cake and reading the recipe for the frosting. I LOVE cream cheese frosting! I will definitely have to try that.
Btw, great job Gabe!
love the cake! Yay on Gabe using the potty!
Holy, that is one mother of a cake! And so cool that it stayed together and the layers didn't crush the other layers! Well done:-)
what a delicious looking cake. send the leftovers my way :) congrats to Gabe!
What an AMAZING cake! Can I have a piece? Lol. You are such a good mom. Also, congratulations Gabe!
LOL, that breaking news is awesome :)
The cake is way cool!
What a cool cake! Happy Birthday to Joey... and congrats to Gabe for using the potty!
Cool looking cake, but what is that standing on the top..? :)
Happy birthday to Joey!
The cake looks great!
I love cream cheese frosting, and am excited to try that recipe! Yum.
Sweet cake!
I love your cake! Good job with the pyramid.
A fantastic idea for a cake; Happy Birthday to Joey!
That is one AMAZING cake! Well done!
that cake is pure AWESOMENESS!!!! Way to go!
GABE!!!!! You're awesome! Happy Birthday!!!!
That is one enormous cake! I hope you had a big crowd to feed it to...
That is hilarious. I wish I'd thought of that for my wedding cake...
Great job on the cake! It looks awesome! The frosting sounds YUMMY!
*HUGS*
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