{"id":7576,"date":"2015-04-24T19:20:09","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T09:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/?p=7576"},"modified":"2016-02-25T14:03:51","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T04:03:51","slug":"star-wars-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/star-wars-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars Cake Millennium Falcon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hrecipe\" align=\"center\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-22-at-7.43.08-PM-550x430.png\" alt=\"star wars cake all edible reardon how to cook that\" width=\"550\" height=\"430\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s nearly star wars day. May the 4th be with you.<\/p>\n<p>My husband requested a Star Wars cake for his birthday this year, a millennium falcon to be precise. As the millennium falcon is largely monochromatic, but highly detailed, I thought it would be the ideal candidate for a silicone mold.<\/p>\n<p>The desert cake part is easy enough for all ages to get involved. As long as you don&#8217;t mind getting the vacuum out after they are done helping.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/svEaUm5tOBM?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"fn\">To make the Star Wars cake you will need<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Moist Carrot Cake Recipe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(this makes one tray of cake feel free to double it if you have more guests)<br \/>\n<span class=\"ingredient\"><span class=\"amount\">60g (2.12 ounces) or 3\/4 cup <\/span> <span class=\"name\">desiccated coconut<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n120g (4.23 ounces) or just over 1 cup of walnuts, roughly chopped<br \/>\n1 \u00bd tsp baking powder<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp cinnamon<br \/>\n140g (4.94 ounces) or 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons flour<br \/>\n140g (4.94 ounces) or approx 4 medium carrots carrots, coarsely grated<br \/>\n140g (4.94 ounces) crushed pineapple, drained<br \/>\n2 eggs<br \/>\n140g (4.94 ounces) or 2\/3 cup sugar<br \/>\n100millilitres (3.38 fluid ounces) or 1\/3 cup plus 1 Tbsp vegetable oil<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Preheat the oven to 180C (356 degrees Fahrenheit)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Pour the oil, sugar and eggs into a bowl and mix together using a whisk. \u00a0Add the pineapple and carrots\u00a0and mix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Add the sifted flour, baking powder and cinnamon. \u00a0Fold until just combined.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Add the walnuts and the coconut and mix well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Bake in a tray, mine was 38cm (14.96 inches) x 25cm (9.84 inches), until golden brown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One quantity of <a title=\"7 Best Frosting Recipes Taste Tested\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/best-frosting-recipes\/\">cream cheese frosting<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Other Supplies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>12&#8243; square cake board.<br \/>\nthree cake pop sticks<br \/>\n<a title=\"millenium silicone mold that I bought\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0090ZEUBG\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0090ZEUBG&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=howtocookthat-20&amp;linkId=LHQK3NOFNWO4PZXY\" target=\"_blank\">millenium falcon silicone mold<\/a><br \/>\n375g (13.23 ounces) White chocolate (if you are not using compound chocolate make sure you <a title=\"Chocolate Secrets Revealed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/temper-chocolate\/\">temper it<\/a>)<br \/>\nturkish delight, dried fruit, nuts (optional)<br \/>\nsilver luster dust<br \/>\nblack gel food colouring<br \/>\nrust orange gel food colouring<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-22-at-7.43.29-PM-550x552.png\" alt=\"star wars cake 7 ann reardon\" width=\"550\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-22-at-7.43.29-PM-550x552.png 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-22-at-7.43.29-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-22-at-7.43.29-PM-300x301.png 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-22-at-7.43.29-PM-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-22-at-7.43.29-PM-60x60.png 60w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-22-at-7.43.29-PM-299x300.png 299w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-22-at-7.43.29-PM-400x401.png 400w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-22-at-7.43.29-PM.png 879w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Cool the cake, remove from tray and\u00a0cut one piece to the size of your board.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Spread a small amount of cream cheese frosting onto the board and add\u00a0the first layer of cake.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0C<\/span>over in a thin layer of frosting.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0C<\/span>ut strips from the remaining cake and build up sand dunes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Cover the whole thing in frosting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Blitz the biscuits in a blender, or smash in a bag. \u00a0Add the &#8216;sand&#8217; to the cake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Use the silicone mold to make the millennium falcon as shown in the video above. \u00a0Then paint on details and add to the cake.<\/p>\n<p>by Ann Reardon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/\" title=\"Welcome to How To Cook That\" target=\"_blank\">How To Cook That<\/a><br \/>\n2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n<h4 align=center>My Cookbook<\/h4>\n<p align=center>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/cook-crazy-sweet-creations-cookbook-ann-reardon\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"40%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hardcover-book-mockup-of-a-woman-reading-3409-el1.png\" alt=\"ann reardon crazy sweet creations cookbook\" title=\"Crazy Sweet Creations Cookbook\" style=\"opacity: 0.8; -moz-opacity: 0.8;\" class=\"fade\" \/><\/a>\n<\/br>\nStores that sell my book listed by country:  \n<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ARcookbook\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/ARcookbook<\/a>\n<\/br>\nAll recipe quantities in the book are in grams, ounces and cups.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/star-wars-cake\/\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-22-at-7.43.08-PM-150x150.png\" class=\"alignleft tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"star wars cake all edible reardon how to cook that\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-22-at-7.43.08-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-22-at-7.43.08-PM-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-22-at-7.43.08-PM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-22-at-7.43.08-PM-1200x1200-cropped.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-wp-pid=\"7584\" \/><\/a><p>It&#8217;s nearly star wars day. May the 4th be with you. My husband requested a Star Wars cake for his birthday this year, a millennium falcon to be precise. As the millennium falcon is largely monochromatic, but highly detailed, I thought it would be the ideal candidate for a silicone mold. The desert cake part is easy enough for all ages to get involved. As long as you don&#8217;t mind getting the vacuum out after<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,1652,748],"tags":[173,31,2603,46,1023,1959,26,1116,1630,952,1184,559,998,2106,2105,174,2107,33,2108,281,1773],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7576"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7576"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16251,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7576\/revisions\/16251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}