This hysterically furry birthday cake looks just like the Harry Potter Monster Book of Monsters and is perfect for an 11th birthday, Halloween dessert, or any Harry Potter party.
PREP TIME 20 minutesminutes
Additional Time 30 minutesminutes
COOK TIME 20 minutesminutes
TOTAL TIME 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
YIELD 12servings
Ingredients
1Box Cake Mixassembled and baked according to box directions
1can of chocolate frosting or 1 batch of chocolate cream cheese frosting *See notes
1can of vanilla frosting or 1 batch of cream cheese frosting *See notes
Red fondant
Candy google eyes
Instructions
Grease and line with parchment the bottom of two 11 x 7-inch brownie pans. Fill them no more than 2/3 full with cake batter and bake according to box instructions until toothpick comes out clean. Let them completely cool before decorating.
Turn one cake layer out onto a cake board and remove the parchment. Frost the top of the layer with cream-colored frosting.
Turn the second layer out and place it on top of the first layer.
Frost all four sides of the cake with cream-colored frosting. Use a fork to make horizontal lines to mimic the pages texture.
Add chocolate frosting to a piping bag fitted with the grass piping tip. (See notes in post about required tools.)
Pipe one long edge of the cake to form the book spine.
Pipe a row along the bottom of the three pages sides to form the back cover of the book.
Roll the red fondant out. Cut a narrow strip about 1.25-inches wide. Trim the forked tongue. Lay the tongue from the top of the cake down over the side of the pages.
Finish piping the fur on the top of the cake to form the front cover of the book.
Add candy eyes to top.
NOTE: For full piping instructions, methods and troubleshooting tips, see post above.
Recipe Notes
FROSTING:You will need 1 can each of chocolate and vanilla frosting to frost this cake. However, I strongly recommend using one batch of this easy cream cheese frosting and one batch of this chocolate cream cheese frosting. If you make the plain first, you can make the chocolate right after without even washing the mixing bowl.