Hey guys, it's Ro, welcome to another Nerdy Nummies.
Today I wanted to make something with the ball pan from my baking line.
We have made a whole bunch of treats using this pan before, you may remember. We have made an Earth cake.
There's a picture of that right here on the box. We also made a death star cake.
So today, I thought what would be a fun cute themed treat to make with this pan?
And some of you may have already guessed.
Today, we're going to make a cake inspired by Pokemon - a Poke-Ball cake.
If you're interested in using the pan that I'm using, I'll put a link down below. Let's get started!
The recipe that we're making today is a super easy mode white cake recipe. The things you'll need will be cake flour, all-purpose flour,
sugar, vegetable oil, milk, some eggs,
baking powder, salt, almond extract, and vanilla extract. Now, let's put it all together!
The first step to making our cake is measuring out our dry ingredients
And pouring them into a large mixing bowl. Start with your sugar.
We'll need 2 cups. Now add two cups plus two tablespoons of flour.
One cup of cake flour. For our baking powder, 2 and 1/2 teaspoons.
Lastly, add one and a quarter teaspoon of salt. Whisk together till everything's well combined and set off to the side.
Now, we are going to measure out and pour all of our wet ingredients into a large bowl, starting with vegetable oil.
Measure 3/4 cup. Now measure in 2 and a half cups of milk and three egg whites.
Lastly, add one teaspoon of almond extract and one and a half teaspoons of vanilla extract. Mix all of the wet ingredients together 'till it's well incorporated.
Now pour all of the wet ingredients into the dry and mix together.
You don't need an electric hand mixer. It's not electric! *singing*
Now our batter is ready, our pans are greased.
You can use butter or spray them with a little baking spray,
and if you haven't used this pan before, we bake them with these little silicone rings right underneath.
They stabilize them so that isn't like this in the oven - WOAH!
I also like to place them on a baking sheet lined with a piece of parchment paper.
Evenly divide your batter between the two pans, almost all the way to the top.
Now, it's time to bake. Heat your oven to 325 degrees
We are going to slow bake these cakes for 1 hour and 30 minutes. About halfway through baking, rotate your pans
so that your cakes will evenly bake. Once your cakes have baked, give them plenty of time to cool
I've already leveled the tops of my cake, and using a small serrated knife
I'm going to cut off the top of one of the cakes. This creates a flat surface for the cake to sit on.
Now pipe a thick layer of buttercream on top of the cake.
Then, smooth it out flat using a small offset spatula
Grab the top of the cake and place on the top and gently press down to seal the two cakes together.
Fill in some extra icing around the side. Then using a small offset spatula,
Smooth out the frosting. Now, time to frost.
I'm using buttercream icing in a piping bag with a number 1A tip at the end.
If you're using my tip line, that's the teal colored one. Frost white buttercream
starting at the bottom, working our way up to the middle. Try to leave a gap in the center
Then, we'll switch to red buttercream. Place your spatula down and gently
spin around, making your cake look really smooth and even. The white and red icing is smoothed out
We've also left a space all the way around the middle for the black buttercream frosting.
Pipe a smooth line all the way around the middle of the ball cake. Once the cake is frosted,
pop it in the fridge to chill while we make our fondant decoration. The decoration is super simple.
We're making the Poke-Ball button which is white and black. You'll need three circle cookie cutters. Each one is a little smaller than the next.
Sprinkle a little powdered sugar down. Make it rain, make it rain!
Roll out your black fondant. Using your largest circle cutter, cut out a piece.
Now, roll out your white fondant using your medium and small circle cutter. Cut out one of each.
Now, using water and a small paintbrush, paint the backside of the medium piece. Place it in the center.
Oh, I love this. It's creating a little depth, little texture.
We've got a real Poke-Ball button. Paint the smaller piece, and attach again right in the middle. Let this dry for a few minutes
before you place it onto the cake. Taa-daaaaaaa!
Here is the Poké-Ball themed cake that we made today using the round sphere pan from my baking line.
This cake recipe was made specifically for the ball pan because it's the perfect amount of batter.
I'll be posting the recipe and a bunch of pictures on RosannaPansino.com,
Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. You can check it out there, and if you guys make this cake,
please take a picture and send it to me. I love seeing your baking creations. It just makes me happy.
It makes my day, and if you have any other ideas for any other Nerdy Nummies,
please let me know. Leave me a comment down below, and I will do my best to make it happen.
Alright, thanks again, you guys. Bye-bye! *finger wave*