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Snowflake-Shaped Cake
Ingredients:
Cake-Shaping Strip (from 4 sushi-mat segments)
Heavy-duty aluminum foil
Sheet pan
Prepared cake batter (from about 1 box of cake mix)
White chocolate ganache
1 cup store-bought white frosting
6 mini marshmallows
1/2 cup coconut
Powdered sugar or edible glitter
Instructions:
1. Line a sheet pan with 2 slightly overlapping sheets of aluminum foil. Shape the Cake-Shaping Strip into a shape of a snowflake. Exaggerate the spatial features, as they'll seem smaller after you unwrap and ice the cake. Wrap the bottom foil layer around the strip, cutting the foil if needed. Press small balls of foil into outer corners or edges if you think that the foil didn't wrap around the portion well enough to prevent cake-batter leakage. Wrap additional 3x6-inch pieces of foil around select regions of the strip if needed to prevent leaking.
2. Prepare your cake batter. Spray the strip and foil with cooking spray. Pour the cake batter into the prepared "pan" and bake until done. Let the cake cool.
3. Cut away any cake batter that leaked through your strip. Carefully remove the Cake-Shaping Strip. Insert the flat edge of a table knife between the strip and the cake if this helps. Pour white chocolate ganache over the cake. Let it sit for 20 minutes.
4. Pipe on white frosting to accentuate the snowflake features.
5. Cut the mini marshmallows in half width-wise, and place one half at each of the cake's points and center.
6. Spread coconut near the base of the cake.
7. Sprinkle the top of the cake with edible glitter or powdered sugar right before serving.
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