How To Make an Electric Guitar Cake

This old fashioned lovely cake in a shape of guitar, is delicate and usually a highlighted celebration cake.

To Make:  60 pieces (after cutting)

Cake Mixture for Guitar Frame:

Ingredients:

1.  10 tbsp margarine

2.  2 cups powdered sugar

3.  6 eggs, beaten

4.  2 cups flour (maida), sifted together with 2 tsp baking powder

5.  1 tsp vanilla essence

Cake mixture for Guitar Handle:

1.  5 tbsp margarine

2.  1 cup powdered sugar

3.  3 eggs, beaten

4.  1 cup flour, sifted together with 1 tsp baking powder

5.  ½ tsp vanilla essence

For Butter Icing:

1.  10 tbsp margarine

2.  6 cups icing sugar

3.  Few drops red colour

4.  Few drops strawberry essence

5.  5 tbsp cocoa powder

6.  ½ tsp vanilla essence

For Garnishing:

1.  6 cherries, halved

2.  2-1/2 cups broken shelled walnuts (akhrot)

3.  6 small silver balls

4.  Baking mould of size 11” x 9” x 2” for guitar frame, well greased and dusted with flour

5.  Baking mould of size 10” x 3” x 2” for guitar handle, well greased and dusted with flour

6.  Rectangular plank of 14” x 24” covered with silver paper

Procedure:

1.  For preparing guitar frame cake mixture, mix margarine and powdered sugar ina  bowl and lightly beat till creamy

2.  Gradually add beaten eggs and mix well.

3.  Add flour with baking powder, beat till well mixed

4.  Add vanilla essence and mix to a smooth mixture

5.  Pour mixture into the guitar frame baking mould.

6.  Pre-heat the oven for 5 minutes and bake for 45 minutes at 170°C/340° F

7.  Remove and set aside

8.  For preparing guitar handle cake mixture and baking, repeat the same procedure as mentioned above.

9.  For preparing butter icing, mix margarine and icing sugar bowl, beat to a very smooth icing.

10.  Remove 8 to 10 tsp of icing mixture.  Set aside.

11.  Add red colour and strawberry essence to icing mixture.  Mix thoroughly yet gently.  Set aside.

12.  Add cocoa powder and vanilla essence to 8 to 10 tsp separated icing mixture.  Mix thoroughly yet gently.  Set aside.

13.  For preparing guitar cake, cut a plain paper for any thick sheet into a shape of a guitar.

14.  Un-mould the guitar frame cake, attach the guitar cutting paper with toothpicks and cut the cake int o a guitar shape.

15.  Un-mould the guitar handle cake.

16.  Place both the guitar frame cake and handle cake on the plank in suitable position.

17.  Spread cocoa butter icing on the upper vertical side of guitar frame cake as well as on one vertical side of the handle cake.  Join both the iced ends to give the shape of a guitar and smoothen the icing with the help of a palette knife dipped in hot water.

18.  Cut a neat rectangular 1-1/2” thick and 4” long strip from the left over cuttings of the guitar frame for the bridge of the guitar.

19.  Place the bridge leaving 3” to 4” space from the upper portion of the guitar, perpendicular to the handle.

20.  Cover the bridge by piping cocoa icing on it.

21.  Pipe out a circle in pink icing on the centre of the guitar

22.  Pipe out the pink icing on the borders of the guitar

23.  Pipe out straight lines, vertically, with the pink icing from the bridge to the end of the handle to indicate its strings.

24.  Pipe out 5 to 6 horizontal lines on the handle of the guitar leaving a gap of 2” space in between each line.  Place the halved cherries between the lines

25.  Line the border of the guitar with broken walnuts and decorate with silver balls.

Note:

1.  The cake can be decorated with few roses if desired.

2.  To make the butter icing firm for piping the border, add 2 to 3 tsp of icing sugar to it.

3.  Instead of paper cutting, use guitar cake mould, if available.