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Sally Nightmare Before Christmas Layer Cake
Love Nightmare Before Christmas? Want a fun dessert idea? You have to try this Nightmare Before Christmas Cake, a tie dye cake, featuring the design of Sally's dress. This is a great layer cake recipe that everyone will love.
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Prep Time
2
hours
hrs
Cook Time
30
minutes
mins
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
American
Servings
8
Equipment
3 9inch round cake pans
10 inch round cake board
cake leveler
4 disposable piping bags
1 angled spatula
Ingredients
1x
2x
3x
2
boxes French Vanilla Cake mix
6
large eggs
2
C
whole milk
1
C
unsalted sweet cream butter
softened
Pink
Yellow and Teal Gel Food coloring
Vanilla Frosting
3
C
unsalted sweet cream butter
softened
6
C
powder sugar
5-7
tbsp
heavy whipping cream
1
tbsp
pure vanilla extract
1
tbsp
pure vanilla extract
Pink
Yellow, Teal and Black Gel Food coloring
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray cake pans with pam baking spray
Follow the directions on the back of the cake boxes
Divide the batter into three bowls
Mix a few drops of pink gel food coloring into 1 one bowl until combined
Mix a few drops of yellow gel food coloring into the second bowl until combined
Mix a few drops of teal gel food coloring into third bowl until combined
Scoop about 1/4 C of the yellow cake batter into the cake pan
Scoop 1/4 C of the teal cake batter into the cake pan next to the yellow
Scoop 1/4 C of the pink cake batter into the cake pan on top of the teal
Repeat steps one more time in one pan
Repeat steps in the remaining two cake pans
bake in the oven for 25-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
Allow to cool completely
Remove the cakes from the cake pans and place them onto a cutting board
Place one cake onto the cake board and use the cake leveler to remove the dome from the cake
Repeat steps with remaining two layers
Vanilla frosting directions
Using a standing mixer, combine all ingredients except the food coloring and beat until smooth and stiff peaks form
Scoop 1 C of frosting into 3 bowls bowls
Mix in the several drops of black food coloring into the remaining frosting
Mix in 1 color into each bowl
Scoop each color into its own piping bag
Scoop 1/2 C of Black frosting into the 4th piping bag
Building the cake
Place one cake layer onto the cake board
Scoop about 1 C of black frosting onto the first cake layer and spread evenly
Place the second cake layer on top of the first layer of frosting
Scoop another C of frosting on top of the second layer of cake and spread evenly
Place the last cake layer on top
Using the remaining black frosting frost entire cake and smooth frosting
Place into the fridge for several hours
Decorating the cake
Cut the tips off the four disposable piping bags
Using the black piping bag, pipe out the lines of Sally's dress
Take the Pink frosting and fill in a few of the squares or rectangles
Take the teal frosting and fill in a few of the squares or rectangles
Repeat the steps with the yellow and black frosting
Using the remaining the black frosting, pipe out the details of the dress
Place into the fridge again to allow the frosting to harden up
Cut into the slices and enjoy!
Keyword
layer cake, nightmare before christmas, tie dye cake
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