PRINCESS PALACE CAKE

SERVES 36. PREP 1 HR 45 MINS

INGREDIENTS

• 450g double unfilled sponge slabs

• ½ cup raspberry jam

• 2 x 450g tubs strawberry frosting

• 460g round double unfilled sponge cake

• ½ x 453g tub vanilla frosting

• 12 musk sticks

• 33 bright pink chocolate buttons

• 6 yellow M&M’s

• 15 Iced VoVos

• 12 Hundreds & Thousands biscuits

• 38 Mini 100’s & 1000’s biscuits

• 32 round purple candy chews

• 12 pink and yellow heart-shaped lollipops

• 4 cups assorted small pale pink lollies (see note)

• 5 single-scoop waffle cones

• 4 flag toothpicks

METHOD

1 Cut each sponge slab in half horizontally. Place sponge bases, side by side, on cake board or serving plate to form a 20cm x 28cm rectangle. Spread top with ⅓ cup jam. Sandwich with tops. Reserve 2 tablespoons strawberry frosting. Using a warm palette knife, spread top and sides of cake with ¾ of remaining strawberry frosting.

2 Cut 1 round sponge in half horizontally. Place sponge base on baking paper. Spread top with remaining jam. Sandwich with sponge top. Using a warm palette knife, cover cake with vanilla frosting. Lift cake from paper and place in the centre of rectangular cake. Cut remaining round sponge into a 12cm round. Place on baking paper. Using a warm palette knife, cover with remaining strawberry frosting. Lift cake and place on top of large round sponge.

3 Cut 1 musk stick into a 7cm piece. Cut 2 sticks into 6.5cm pieces and another 2 into 6cm pieces. Trim 1 end on each to form a point. Using picture as a guide, form the door. Using a little reserved frosting, attach 1 bright pink chocolate button as a handle.

4 Cut remaining musk sticks into 14 x 5.5cmlong pieces. Using picture as a guide, press 3 yellow M&M’s on either side of the door. Press 1 Iced VoVo next to M&M’s, followed by 1 musk stick piece. Arrange remaining Iced VoVos and musk stick pieces, alternating, around the perimeter of cake.

5 Press rectangular Hundreds & Thousands all around centre cake. Using picture as a guide, press 4 Mini 100’s & 1000’s biscuits around top cake. Press remaining bright pink chocolate buttons and purple candy chews, alternating, around the side of top cake.

6 Using picture as a guide, press lollipops, alternating colours, in top edge of top cake. Using a little frosting between each biscuit, stack 10 Mini 100’s & 1000’s biscuits and place in centre of top cake, pressing to secure. Using a little frosting, stack 6 Mini 100’s & 1000’s biscuits. Repeat with remaining biscuits and frosting to make 3 more stacks. Place in corners of rectangular cake, pressing to secure.

7 Spoon assorted pale pink lollies on each cake to decorate. Push a small flag in the end of each cone. Using frosting, attach 1 cone, upside down, to each biscuit stack. Serve. NOTE We used pale pink chocolate buttons, jelly beans, jubes, musk Lifesavers and Fizzoes.