Photo: David Holifield
Pie-shaped hidden design cake
24 ingredients
30 min
Makes 1
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Layers of luscious lemon sponge covered in fondant and shaped to look like a pie. The hidden design is a ‘blackbird’ inspired by the popular nursery rhyme.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
747
Calories
20g
Protein
24g
Fat
112g
Carbs
Counts 6 of 7 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Icing | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 175g/6oz salted butter
- 175g/6oz unsalted butter
- 350g/12oz caster sugar
- 6 free-range eggs
- 350g/12oz self-raising flour
- 2 unwaxed lemons
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 175g/6oz salted butter
- 175g/6oz caster sugar
- 3 medium free-range eggs
- 175g/6oz self-raising flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- in egg yellow, pink/flesh and black food colouring
- 125g/4½oz unsalted butter
- 125g/4½oz salted butter
- 350g/12oz icing sugar
- 1 lemon
- few drops black food colouring
- 1 x 500g pack ready-to-roll fondant icing
- 150g/5oz icing sugar
- few drops blue food colouring
- 1 or 2 packs modelling paste, cream coloured
- 1 x 250g pack sugarpaste, cream coloured
- coloured sugarpaste, black and yellow
Directions
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