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    Home › Recipes › Giant Papayas

    Giant Papayas

    Hooray for papayay!

    Not going to lie, I will occasionally sit around and start to think about all the fruits that I’ve never caked and this week, it hit me! I’ve never made papayas!!


    These Giant Papaya Cakes are extra ripe! I started with 10lbs of vanilla cake dyed a tropical peachy pink color to resemble fresh papaya flesh and iced it all with a sweet yellow Italian meringue buttercream. I filled the cavities in each cake with shiny dark chocolate crisp pearls for the seeds then covered each cake in yellow fondant painted to perfection! 


    ** This recipe will make two papaya cakes.

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    Baking the Cake

    10lbs Yo’s Ultimate Vanilla Cake 


    Icing the Cake

    ½ batch of Italian Meringue Buttercream 

    1 batch of Simple Syrup


    Decorating the Cake

    8oz yellow fondant 

    2lbs yellow fondant with tint of green 

    10oz crisp pearls - dark chocolate 

    4oz orange fondant 

    Color dusts: light yellow, deep yellow, green, citrine, cappuccino 

    Taupe gel color 

    Item Name: Availability:
    4 x 1/2 Egg Pans
    Sir Squeeze A Lot Add to Cart - $24.99
    Parchment Paper Add to Cart -
    Ball tool Add to Cart - $64.99
    Round piping tips Add to Cart - $119.99
    Small star tip Add to Cart -
    Paint brush Add to Cart -
    Small paring Add to Cart -

    Bake Your Cake

    Line your pans with parchment paper then preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Prepare 10lbs of vanilla cake batter then dye it using peach, orange, and pink gel coloring to achieve a papaya flesh color. Divide your batter into your four pans (2.5lbs each) then bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes. 


    Level the Cakes

    Level each of your cakes in their pans using the top edge as a guide. Remove your cakes from their pans and peel off the parchment paper. 


    Carve

    Begin by carving one half cake to resemble a papaya shape. Place the carved half onto it’s uncarved partner then continue to carve until both halves look like a papapa. Repeat with the second cake. 


    Papaya Cavity

    Pull the halves apart and use a spoon to create a cavity in the centre of the cakes. 


    Keep It Simple!

    Use Sir Squeeze A Lot to soak each of your cakes with simple syrup then let them sit for a few minutes to absorb. 


    Papaya Cavity pt. 2

    Color your IMBC yellow then ice it into the cavity using a small spoon or a spatula to smooth it out. 


    Papaya Surprise

    One papaya cake will be extra sweet because we’re filling it up with chocolate seeds! Roll out some thin yellow fondant then lay it inside the cavity. Smooth it out with your fingertips and trim away any excess. Create uneven strands of yellow fondant and press the strands onto the cavity around the edges. Spoon crisp pearls into the centre cavity until the cavities of both halves are full. Spread buttercream onto the top surface of one cake then quickly sandwich the two halves together. 


    Crumb Coat and Chill → Ice Ice Cakey

    Crumb coat the whole papaya cake as one then crumb coat the two remaining halves with the unfilled cavity face down. Chill all the cakes for 20 minutes or until firm. Ice your cakes and chill once again. 


    FUNdant

    Roll out some yellowy green fondant then drape it over each cake and trim away any excess. 


    Details

    Add an indent to the back of the cake with a small ball tool and sculpting tool then indent the front of the cake with a large ball tool - this is where the nub will go later.


    Nubs

    Make your papaya nubs using extra fondant. Sculpt them using a piping tip then glue each one to the cakes with clear piping gel. Use a variety of paints to enhance. 


    Paint

    Use a dry brush to paint yellow all over the cakes then add a layer of green over top. Play with the shades until you’re satisfied with the colors.


    TIP: You can always wash the colors off with clear food grade alcohol and start over. 


    Pockets + Speckles

    Use a sharp knife to scrape away bits of paint then add yellow into the small pockets you just created. Mix taupe, cappuccino, and a bit of ivory together then speckle the entire cake with the paint and dab it on to blend. 


    Fresh Papaya

    Flip one of the half cakes over then ice the face with clear piping gel. Roll out some thin orange fondant and cover the surface of the cake. Carefully trim excess away where it meets the skin and from the opening in the centre. 


    Yellow Core

    Roll out some yellow fondant and cover the centre of the cake - extending over to the nub. 


    Yellow Paint

    Mix together yellow and white lustre dust with a bit of clear food grade alcohol then paint the orange skin. Paint on the vein texture.


    Details

    Make more little yellow uneven strands. Coat your chocolate pearls in piping gel so they cling together then spoon the pearls into the cavities. Add the yellow strands around the hole and dab them with yellow paint. 


    Congratulations!

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