Geode Cake
by Claire Nolan, Jody Duits and Hannah Williams • featured in 5 Galaxy Dessert Recipes
Ingredients
for 1 cake
- 1 white cake, or cake of your choice
- fondant
- buttercream frosting
- white rum, or vodka
- black food coloring
- piping gel
- rock candy, ranging from white to dark teal/blue, or colors of your preference
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Preparation
- Cover cake in smooth layers of fondant.
- Cut the geode shape out of the side of the cake.
- Spread buttercream frosting all along the inside of the cut.
- Mix alcohol with food coloring until it reaches the desired shade of gray.
- Paint a thin dark line around the edge of the cut.
- Apply a row of piping gel in the center of the cut.
- Press rock candy into the piping gel, starting with the darkest shade.
- Continue laying out rows of piping gel and pressing in the rock candy, applying lighter colors and smaller pieces as you move farther out toward the edge of the cut.
- Enjoy!
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Tips
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selahdadancer
You can use pineapple juice instead or rum
2018-07-02T20:19:15Z Helpful (77) -
middlechild
I didn’t use any fondant but it came out beautifully and I would definitely make this again.
2018-06-28T18:18:04Z Helpful (45) -
bamorh
I used pop rocks instead
2018-07-03T16:42:57Z Helpful (37) -
lilly7
It was so cool to see it all come together. It was the coolest cake I’ve ever seen
2018-07-16T03:10:00Z Helpful (33)
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