Ombre celebration cake

Ombre celebration cake — a Macphie recipe. Uses Macphie Sensation Cake Mix 12.5 kg, Lemon and Ready-to-Use Frosting, Vanilla – 10 kg.

mixing time (slow speed)
1 min
mixing time (medium speed)
4 min
baking temperature
180 °C
baking time
50-60 min

Ingredients

IngredientQuantity
Macphie Sensation Cake Mix 12.5 kg, Lemon1 kg
Water350 g
Vegetable oil250 g
Macphie Rainbow Frosting Strawberry Flavour
Ready-to-Use Frosting, Vanilla – 10 kgMacphie Rainbow Frosting Vanilla
Food colouring

Method

  1. Place the Macphie Lemon Sensation®, water and vegetable oil into a machine and blend for 1 minute on slow speed, scrape down and mix for a further 4 minutes on medium speed.

  2. Deposit 800g into 2 x 8inch cakes and bake at 180°C for 50-60 minutes.

  3. Once cooled, slice off the peaked top of the cake, and slice cake into layers.

  4. Spread a layer of Macphie Rainbow Frosting Strawberry Flavour between each layer.

  5. Blend Macphie Rainbow Frosting Vanilla and colouring into 3 shades of pink (or desired colour). Pipe an even layer of pink frosting starting from the darkest shade at the bottom working up to the lightest. Using a straight edge skim around the edge of the cake to blend them all in together. Pipe the lightest shade of pink onto the top and pallet to smooth off top.

  6. Decorate as desired.

Macphie recipe. Quantities and method as published by the manufacturer for its customers; test the formula under your own conditions before production.

Ombre celebration cake | Domson