Dinosaur Spikes Recipes

HOW TO MAKE A DINOSAUR CAKE

Steps:

• Assemble your supplies. To make a stegosaurus cake, you'll need two round cakes, frosting in two colors, and the decorations for the added touches. Along with your ingredients, you'll also need: Large mixing bowl, medium bowl, and a small bowl Sifter Hand or stand mixer Two round eight-inch cake pans, greased An oven preheated to 350ºF (177ºC) Two wire cooling racks Whisk Frosting knife Spatula Round two-inch cookie cutter Cake plate Piping bag with round tip
• Combine the dry ingredients. Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together into a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer. If you don't have a sifter, whisk the dry ingredients together in the bowl to remove lumps, mix the ingredients together, and add air. Adding air to the dry ingredients will ensure the cake is light and fluffy.
• Add the wet ingredients and eggs. Pour the butter, milk, and vanilla right into the bowl with the dry ingredients. Use a hand mixer or the whisk attachment on a stand mixer to beat the batter on medium speed for about four minutes. Then add the eggs and beat on medium speed for another three minutes, until all the ingredients are fully incorporated into the batter. If necessary, stop to scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula to ensure all the ingredients get mixed in.
• Bake the cakes. Divide the batter evenly between the two greased cake pans. Bake the cake for 30 to 35 minutes. You know the cakes are ready when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, or the cakes spring back when you press them gently. Allow the cakes to cool in their pans on the wire racks for 10 minutes.
• Cool before decorating. When the cakes have cooled in their pans for a few minutes, turn them out onto the wire cooling racks. Set them aside to cool completely, to room temperature, for about an hour or hour and a half.
• Make the frosting. Place the butter into a medium bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer. Cream the butter on medium-high speed for one to two minutes with a hand mixer or a stand mixer's paddle attachment. Beat in the sugar 1 cup (125 g) at a time, until all the sugar has been incorporated and the mixture is smooth and creamy. Add the vanilla and 2 tablespoons (15 ml) of milk and beat for another minute. If the frosting is too thick to spread properly, beat in another tablespoon of milk.

DINOSAUR SPIKES

Steps:

• LIne a baking sheet with foil; set aside.
• Heat the almond bark in a heavy medium saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly until candy is melted and smooth. Remove from pan.
• Pour mixture onto the prepared baking sheet. Spread to a rectangle about 10" long and 8" wide. Sprinkle with the crushed candies and nuts. Gently press candy and nuts into the mixture. Chill candy 30 minutes or until firm. Use foil to lift firm candy from the pan; carefully break candy into pointed pieces. Store, tightly covered, up to 2 weeks.
• Makes 18 ounces(16 servings).