CHEESE BURGER CAKE

I was inspired to bake this cake after watching "Ace of Cakes" and they made a hot dog cake. Each element of this cake (Lettuce, cheese, burger, bun, ketchup and olive) were made individually then I assembled them to create the above result.

1. The bun - 2 round vanilla sponge cakes make up the bun, I would strongly advise you use vanilla compared to any other flavour as it keeps the cake mixture a pale brown colour like the bread-cakes you usually eat your burger out of. You can sprinkle sesame seeds on top like the real version, however, due to personal preference, I chose not to.

2. The burger - I made the burger from a circle chocolate sponge cake.

3. The cheese - no good cheeseburger is without a cheese slice! Roll out a square of cheese slightly bigger than your burger so that it can flop over the sides, like a real cheese slice!

4. The Salad - I kept it simple here, by just using circles of green roll out icing as lettuce leaves, but you can let your imagination run wild here and make any salad ingredients you like on your burger! 

5. Assemble - pile up your salad, cheese and burger on top of the bottom bun in preparation for your sauce

6. Ketchup - as if you didn't have enough sweet stuff on this already, it's time to add a good squirt of ketchup... put the bottle away, I don't mean the tomato kind you get from supermarkets. I made my 'ketchup' using red food colouring, icing sugar and water. Don't use too much water and food colouring as you want a thick consistency, but you need it gloopy enough to run down the sides naturally. Add as little or as much ketchup as you like to your burger, and if you can get a little ketchup pot fill that up on the side!

7. The finishing touch -  Top your burger with the last half of the bun. You can  also make a olive from an oval of purple icing, if you like. I used a wooden skewer to hold all the components together, however if you're not having an olive, you don't need to do this.

I hope this step by step guide helps you make your own crazy burger cakes, it doesn't have to stop at burgers though, you can make sandwich cakes like this too, just substitute the burger for a pink circle of icing (ham) and leave out the olive and ketchup.

Enjoy!

Love Melissa x