Tepee Birthday Cakes

Tepee Birthday Cakes



Ingrients & Directions


Sour Cream Chocolate Bar;
-top and sides left
; unfrosted


FOR TEPEE FRAMES
1/2 c Unsweetened cocoa pulverisation;
-(not Dutch-treat)
32 Grissini; (long very thin
; breadsticks),
; trimmed to 8 inches
3 tb Love


FOR TEPEE TENTS AND DECORATI
1 c Confectioners' sugar plus
-additional for
; dusting white chocolate
-leather
2 tb Unsweetened cocoa powderise;
-(not Dutch-treat)
3 ts H2o; capable 4
4 Recipes White Chocolate
-Leather
8 Thin red licorice laces
Red hot candies


FOR GRASS
2 c Sweetened flaked coconut
A skimp 1/4 teaspoon green
-food colouring


Cut cake into 8 wedges. Trim rounded end of each wedge to form a straight
edge and on a paper plate stand each wedge on end, point up. Spread most of
reserved frosting on all 4 sides of each hero, reserving remaining
frosting for glue for breadsticks. Cake wedges may be assembled up to this
pointedness 1 day ahead and chilled, covered loosely after frosting firms up. If
made before, remaining frosting should be chilled and brought to room
temperature before proceeding with recipe.


Make tepee frames:


Spread cocoa powder on a sheet of wax composition. Working with 1 breadstick at a
time, on another sheet of wax paper brush breadsticks with honey and roll
in cocoa powderize, tapping off surplus. On paper plates coif 4 breadstick
around each wedge of bar, intersecting above the top of the wedge to form
a frame for white chocolate leather and using reserved frosting to glue
sticks to coat.


Make tepee tents and decorations:


Into a small bowl sift together sugar and cocoa powder and whisk in 3
teaspoons water until polish, adding remaining teaspoon water if necessary
to form an icing that will shriek. Transfer icing to a resealable plastic bag
and seal bag, pressing out excess air. Squeeze icing to one corner and snip
off corner as close to edge as possible to make a small hole for piping
ice.


Make a template for tents:


Out of wax paper cut a trapezoid with 2 parallel sides mensuration 12 inches
and 10 inches, severally, connected by two 6-inch-long sides.


Working with 1 piece at a time, dust white chocolate leather with sugar and
on a surface dusted with additional sugar roll out into a 12- by 16-inch
rectangle. Using trapezoid template cut out tent practice, preferably with a
fluted pastry roll. Working speedily, pipe icing in decorative Native
American designs on tent and wrap tent around tepee underframe, crimping leather
where breadsticks cross. (If leather becomes too soft to percolate, chill
on a baking sheet until just firm enough to grip.) Trim excess leather
from tepee with pastry wheel and open flaps to expose bar. Chill each
tepee cake as it is made. Tepee cakes may be made 2 days ahead and chilled,
covered.


With a wooden pick or skewer shuffle 2 holes in the top of each chilled tent
for licorice lacing. Run a piece of licorice lace through holes and tie erstwhile.
Arrange red hot candies along base of camp, gluing them with some of
remaining ice.


Make grass:


In a bowl toss coconut with food coloring until colored evenly.


Spread coconut grass on a large serving tray. With a metal spatula
carefully transfer each tepee to tray.


Serves 8 prosperous children.



Yields
1 servings