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Any fan of the movie would flip for this High School Musical Birthday Cake. It's a pretty-in-pink celebration of everything 'High School Musical'.
The details are straight from a fan's diary. There's a sketch of the best friends and doodles of "I love Troy", "Best friends forever" and musical notes scribbled over and over.
With a fabulous HSM cake and some great co-ordinating party supplies, you'll have everything you need for an unforgettable party.
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ingredients
high school musical birthday cake
- cakes - Banana Choc Chip Cake is perfect
- filling - Banana Choc Chip Filling is a great choice
- 1 batch of buttercream
- neon pink and red gel food color
- Black candywriter
- 1 cup white Candy Melts
- fine tipped artists brush
- mini Squeeze Bottles
- for working with candy melts.
- piping Bag
or gallon size Ziploc bag fitted with a Star Tip
- ziploc sandwich bags
- plate or board to hold finished cake
baking
high school musical birthday cake
1.bake the cakes and cool completely.
2.level the cakes and split each into two layers horizontally.
3.fill and assemble each cake on a separate cake circle
4.add a crumb coat - this is a very thin coat of un-tinted frosting you apply to 'set' the crumbs.
5.refrigerate the cake(s) while you make the Chocolate sketch and musical notes.
Sketching a centerpiece
high school musical birthday cake
This is just like painting by numbers, only in reverse. You fill in the details first then the background.
- print out the sketch to about 4" high, using the picture below as a template, and tape to a firm work surface.
- cover the template with a piece of wax or parchment paper.
- fill in the outlines and details of each face using the black candywriter and a very fine artists brush, as shown (below, left). Think of the candywriter as a tube of paint ? just squeeze a little out and use the brush to move it around.
- Wait about 20 minutes before filling in with the white or you'll melt your details and they'll run together and you'll end up with a big mess.
- melt the candy melts in a microwave safe bowl for 30 seconds at a time, stirring after each interval, until completely melted then pour into a squeeze bottle.
- cover the entire area of the sketch with a layer of the white chocolate about ¼" thick, making sure that you go about ¼" beyond the outline on top and sides and about 1? beyond the outline on the bottom, as shown (below, center).
- Let set for about 30 minutes and very carefully peel off the paper and flip over, as shown (below, right).
The Music Notes
high school musical birthday cake
You'll want to make extra of these - they are delicate and you may lose a few when placing them on the cake. But that just means you'll have to eat them - how sad!
- print out the music notes to about 4" high, using the picture below as a template, and tape to a firm work surface.
- cover the template with a piece of wax or parchment paper.
- using the black candywriter, draw the wavy lines about 1/8" thick, as shown (below, left).
- let set for about five minutes then fill in the notes, as shown (below, right).
- let set for about 20 minutes and very carefully peel the paper from the chocolate, as shown(below, right).
Assembly
high school musical birthday cake
- divide the buttercream in to four bowls.
- Leave one white and tint the others light, medium and dark pink .
- frost the top and sides of the smaller cake with lightest pink frosting.
- frost the sides of the larger cake with two shades of pink frosting, graduating from darkest at the bottom to mid pink at the top.
- frost the top of the larger cake with the mid pink frosting.
- put your High School Musical Birthday Cake on to a plate or board now and secure with double sided tape to stop the cake from sliding around.
- using the white frosting and piping bag fitted with a star tip, pipe a border of stars around both tiers.
- using the darkest pink frosting and a Ziploc bag with a small hole snipped in the corner, pipe a dot in the center of each star in the borders you just piped.
- use the same pink frosting to pipe several small hearts around the side of the top tier, spacing them about 4" or 5" apart.
- make a 1" deep cut in the top of the cake the same length as the chocolate sketch and gently push the sketch into the cut.
- very carefully attach three of the music notes around the bottom tier using frosting to secure, spacing them evenly.
- using white frosting and a Ziploc bag with a tiny hole snipped in the corner, pipe I on the left side of each heart on the top tier and Troy in the right side of each heart, as shown.
- pipe a fine white line inside the edge of each heart to add detail, if you like.
- pipe best friends forever in a few places around the bottom tier of the High School Musical birthday cake, as shown.
You're done! Now go get a well deserved cup of coffee and sit back for a few minutes to admire your handiwork. Remember to take a picture while your masterpiece still looks perfect.
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