Skateboard ramp cake
PREP TIME APPROXIMATELY 1-2 HOURS
EQUIPMENT
20cm x 35cm rectangular cake board
CAKE
2 x 453g tubs vanilla frosting yellow food colouring
2 x 450g packaged double unfilled sponge cake slabs
DECORATIONS
2 x 120g packets black licorice straps 2 x 240g packets licorice allsorts 16 thick ice-cream wafers
4 Fizzers
16 assorted coloured mini M&M’s
Tint frosting yellow. Cut one cake slab in half crossways; secure 1½ cake slabs, short sides together, on the cake board with a little frosting to create a long rectangle. Halve whole slabs crossways and position upright on cake at each end to make ramp walls; secure with a little frosting. Cut remaining cake piece in half and secure to the inside of the cake ‘walls’ to make two shorter ‘walls’. Using a serrated knife, cut a rounded ramp shape from cake, leaving a 3cm edge on either side for ramp walls. Reserve any cake trimmings and place over the base of the ramp to build it up a little.
Spread frosting all over cake using generous amounts over the base and up the sides of the walls to make the rounded ramp shape.
Using picture as a guide, measure and trim licorice straps to cover inside surface of ramp; arrange side by side, pressing gently into frosting to secure, then place 2 pieces across the top to finish. Slice licorice allsorts into individual coloured tiles. Press tiles in a chequered pattern along both sides of ramp.
Trim and press wafers for ‘safety fence’ on outside and across the top of the cake. Using scissors, trim ends of each Fizzer into a rounded edge to create a skateboard. Press M&M’s into sides of boards. Position skateboards on ramp.