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    Home › Recipes › Giant Peep Cake

    Giant Peep Cake

    Take a peep at this yellow velvet Easter classic!

    Download mySurprising & Sweet Easter Treats for more baking inspo!

    This Easter candy is a little underrated, so I wanted to show it some love by caking one up in GIANT form. You’ll want to share this sweet treat with all of your peeps!

    To make my Giant Peep I started with 12lbs of my Yellow Velvet Cake, sealed with peepish yellow Italian Meringue Buttercream, and true to peep style gave this cake a final coat with yellow sugar, all topped off with chocolate ganache eyes

    Watch me cake this Giant Peep over on my YouTube channel here

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    Baking The Cake:

    • 12 lbs of Yo's Yellow Velvet Cake

     

    Icing The Cake:

    • Simple Syrup
    • 2 batches of Yo’s Italian Meringue Buttercream
    • Lemon Yellow Food Colouring
    • Golden Yellow Food Colouring

     

    Decorating The Cake:

    • Coarse Sugar
    • Yellow Colour Dust
    • Dark Chocolate Ganache

     

    Item Name: Availability:
    2 x 9”x13” Rectangular Cake Pans Add to Cart -
    2 x 8” Round Cake Pans
    7” Round Cake Pan
    6” Round Cake Pan
    Serrated Knife
    Ruler
    Large Offset Spatula Add to Cart -
    Small Offset Spatula Add to Cart -
    Small Straight Spatula Add to Cart -
    Paring Knife
    Paint Brush
    #806 Round Tip
    Sir Squeeze Add to Cart -

    Bake Cakes

    prepare your cake batter and divide up amongst pans. Pour 5lbs of batter into each rectangle pan, 3lbs into each 8” round pan, 2.5lbs into the 7” round pan, and 1.5lbs into the 6” round pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes for the 6” cake, and 1 hour for all remaining cakes. Let cool completely before removing from pans.


    Level & Layer Cakes

    Level all cakes and remove caramelization from bottoms. Layer the 2 8”, and 7” cakes


    Simple Syrup The Cakes

    Drizzle all of your cake layers with simple syrup


    Prepare Buttercream

    Colour two batches of Italian Meringue Buttercream to match the cake using lemon and golden yellow food colouring


    Stack and Fill Cakes

    In three separate sections stack your cakes by spreading your yellow Italian Meringue Buttercream between the layers:

      • Section 1: 2 9”x13” Cakes
      • Section 2: 2 8” Round Cakes
      • Section 3: 7” round and 6” Round Cakes

    Chill each section before carving

    Note: To see how I separated my cakes watch the video here


    Time To Carve!

    Carve your cakes in their 3 separate sections, using a peep as your model:

      • Section 1: into a pointed oval
      • Section 2: like a rounded mound (center of peep)
      • Section 3: similar to a birds head

    Use cake scraps to fill out the body where necessary

    Note: To see how I got my peep shape check out my video here


    Assemble Your Cake

    Use Italian Meringue Buttercream to stack the 3 sections of your cake into a peep!


    Adjust The Shape

    Once your cake is assembled it’s a great time to assess the shape of your cake and add/remove sections until you’re happy with it’s peep likeness


    Crumb Coat & Chill

    Use a small offset spatula and yellow buttercream to crumb coat your cake and chill for 20 minutes


    Ice Your Peep

    Using more yellow buttercream ice your cake and chill for another 20 minutes


    One More Coat!

    Ice your cake one more time, doing your best to make it as smooth as possible. Once chilled a paper towel can be used to ensure a nice smooth texture.

    Note: Watch my video here to see this technique


    Make Coloured Sugar

    Blend 2 cups of coarse sugar with 1 teaspoon of yellow colour dust using a peep as a colour reference


    Decorate

    Press your coloured sugar into the cake, using a paint brush to sweep away any extra


    Pipe Some Eyes

    Use a round tip to pipe ganache onto a cake board into eyes for your Peep. Chill for several minutes before using a spatula to remove them, and secure onto your cake using extra ganache

    Note: To see how I place the eyes on my Peep cake watch my video here


    Congratulations!

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