Gluten-Free Goodies

Superbowl Saints Cake

YES, it's gluten-free!!!

How to make it? I made it from scratch but an easier way is to use the Betty Crocker Devil's Food Gluten-Free cake mix for the cake and Betty Crocker Chocolate Icing in between layers and as the foundation for the fondant.

To make this cake, you will need the following:

2 boxes of cake mix

1 container of icing

2 pkg. of marshmallows

2 pkg. of powdered sugar

food coloring

rolling pin

shortening

fencing wire

2 cake pans

1 round metal bowl

To obtain the roundness of the helmet, you will need to bake one whole cake in a round metal bowl (use the entire cake mix). Then bake another batch of cake in the 2 cake pans. You should then have 1 half round cake and 2 flat cakes. Cool overnight or in the freezer for a few hours. Make sure it is completely cooled or even a little bit frozen before you start carving the helmet. Once it is cooled, ice between layers and stack. Stack the 2 flat cakes with icing in between and then ice the top and add the half round cake. Make sure the half round lines up with the back of the cake layers before carving.

To carve, use a nice sharp knife and start carving so that the whole cake is uniformly round using the half round top as your guide. Once that is done, it should look like a complete dome shape. You will then to carve out the inside front to form the helmet. You can use the knife or if your cake is frozen, you may be able to use a spoon to scoop it out. Don't go too far in or it may collapse the cake.

Once the cake is carved, ice the entire cake and quick freeze (place in freezer for 10-15 min. for the icing to set.

Meanwhile, you need to make fondant. Here is a great recipe for marshmallow fondant that is easy and tastes good. I found a dough hook is very helpful in mixing the powdered sugar into the melted marshmallows. Separate the fondant into 2 sections for coloring. Leave a small amount white for the outlines on the helmet. Color a large section with your helmet color-I used 2 different yellows to try and make a gold color.

Once you have made your helmet color fondant, you need to roll out a large piece to cover the entire cake. This piece should be at larger than the cake so you can lay it on and then cut to size. To roll, you need to grease your rolling area and rolling pin generously with shortening. Roll the fondant out to about 1/8 inch or less in thickness. You will then transfer it to your cake at one time centering over the cake and then letting it lay down. You should then use greased hands to form it to the cake. A pizza cutter works great to cut off excess.

The rest of the fondant can be colored and then formed into decals, etc. by rolling thin and then cutting with knives, cookie cutters or whatever you might use with clay or playdough. I used a bottle top for circles and a knife for the other decals. Decals should stick to the fondant easily. If it dries out too much, a little water will help it stick.

The mouth guard was formed from fencing wire (available at craft stores or local hardware store). I then wrapped the fondant around the wire and pushed the wire into the cake.

Voila-you have a beautiful gluten-free cake!

See my next post for a little girls' gluten-free dream cake!