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Hidden Mickey loaf Cake

Ingredients
Course Dessert
Servings 1 cake
Author Melissa Au

Ingredients

  • 1 box of french vanilla cake mix
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 C 1 stick of softened unsalted sweet cream butter
  • 1 C whole milk
  • 1 TBSP pure vanilla bean paste
  • green gel food coloring
  • 1 loaf pan
  • 1 box of red velvet cake mix
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 C unsalted sweet cream butter
  • 1 C whole milk
  • 1 loaf pan
  • 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
  • 2 1/2 C powder sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3-5 TBSP heavy whipping cream
  • medium star tip and pastry bag
  • red and green M&M's

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • Spray 1 loaf pan with cooking spray and set aside
  • Using a standing mixer, make the red velvet cake mix
  • Pour batter into the loaf pan and cake into the oven for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out of the center clean
  • Once baked, set onto the counter for an hour or until completely cooled
  • Take cooled loaf out of the pan and place onto a cutting board
  • Cut 2 inch thick slices of the loaf and lay flat onto the cutting board
  • Using the cookie cutter, cut out the shapes
  • Discard scraps and let the cut shapes sit on the cutting board while you prep the green cake batter
  • Once green cake batter is made, spray the other loaf pan with pam spray
  • Pour some batter into the loaf pan just to cover the bottom
  • Place the cut shapes standing up into the cake batter
  • Fill in with the remaining cake batter until the mickey shapes are covered.
  • Bake in the oven for 45 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean
  • Once baked, set on a wire rack to cool
  • Once cooled take loaf out of pan and set onto the cutting board

Directions

  • Using a standing mixer, combine all ingredients into the bowl and mix on medium speed
  • If your frosting starts looking like powdery rocks, add another tablespoon of heavy whipping cream
  • Mix until you see creamy stiffed peaks
  • Scoop some frosting into the piping bag
  • Pipe frosting all around the loaf
  • Using the M&M's place 3 in the shape of mickey's head all around the loaf cake
  • Let frosting harden for about 30 minutes before enjoying!