Description
This stunning coastal-themed cake features moist, multi-toned layers and a unique gummy ocean center that captures a dreamy beach aesthetic. Combining soft cake with firm gelatin and crunchy graham cracker sand, it is as much a sensory experience as it is a visual masterpiece.
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour
- Granulated sugar
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Unsalted butter
- Vegetable oil
- Eggs
- Whole milk
- Greek yogurt
- Unflavored gelatin powder
- Cold water
- Boiling water
- Teal and blue food coloring
- Graham crackers
- American buttercream frosting
- Modeling chocolate
Instructions
- Prepare the jelly crumble by mixing gelatin with cold water, letting it bloom for 5 minutes, then dissolving with boiling water and sugar.
- Divide the mixture into three bowls, tint with varying blue shades, refrigerate for 2 hours, and then crumble using a fork.
- Whisk dry ingredients with softened butter until sandy, then mix in eggs, milk, oil, and yogurt; color the batter teal and blue before baking in 8-inch tins for 50 minutes.
- Stack the cooled, trimmed layers with buttercream rings, then carve a sloped basin into one side of the cake.
- Apply a thin crumb coat and wrap the entire cake tightly twice with acetate to create a watertight seal around the carved area.
- Pour the gummy ocean gelatin mixture into the carved slope and refrigerate for at least 6 hours or overnight until set.
- Remove the acetate, frost the sides, and press crushed graham crackers into the buttercream to create the sandy beach before adding chocolate palm trees.
Notes
Ensure the cake is chilled or slightly frozen before carving the slope to achieve a clean, crumb-free basin for your ocean. For a leak-proof seal, ensure the acetate wrap is taped very securely and sits flush against the bottom of the cake board.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 50 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking and Assembly
- Cuisine: American