Over The Hill Cake Idea - Viagra Cake
2 white cake mixes
2 containers whipped white frosting
Vegetable oil
1 bag custom-color light blue M&M’s
6 eggs
Frosting bag or pre-loaded frosting writer
food coloring
- Begin with two of your favorite white cake mixes, and the prescribed amount of eggs, oil, and water from the back of the box. [You could also use any cake recipe from the internet].
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees [very important!]. Grease a 9 x 13 [or other rectangular] pan. [I like to spring for the actual cake-release spray from the baking aisle, to make sure nothing ever sticks].
- Mix ingredients together, and pour into pan until about 2/3 full. Depending on the size of your cake pan, you may have extra batter. If you do – this is an excellent opportunity to make some bonus cupcakes, either to eat – or as a cool matching accompaniment to your finished cake display.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes, depending on your oven. Cake should appear evenly golden on top [not glossy], and not “jiggle” at all when you open the oven door. If you’re still not sure, insert a toothpick gently into the center to make sure no wet batter sticks to it when you pull it out.
- Cool cake completely before inverting it onto a tray or cookie sheet. Tap the bottom gently until the cake plops out, then flip it once more onto the tray you want to display the cake on.
- Now the fun part begins. Search the internet for a direct side-view picture of a “Viagra” pill. Print it as close to the size of your cake as you can, cut it out, and lay it on top of your cake.
- Using a butter knife, trace the outline of the paper pill onto the top of your cake. Peel away the paper and see how you like the look of it. Adjust the line as necessary before trimming away the cake to make your pill shape, keeping the knife as straight as possible.
- Add two containers of your favorite brand of “whipped” white frosting to a bowl, reserving ½ cup for later decorating. [Whipped frosting spreads easier – which helps keep the crumbs from the edges we just cut from ending up all over your cake.] Stir blue food coloring into the frosting, one drop at a time, until it exactly matches the color of your M&M’s.
- Use a rubber spatula to scrape all the blue frosting out of the bowl and onto the top of your cake, distributing it evenly across the top.
- Use the rubber spatula to gently cover the entire top over the cake with frosting, and push it over each edge. Then use a butter knife or metal frosting spatula to smooth the frosting evenly along the edges, being careful to keep the frosting thick and not touch the cake, as this will pull up crumbs.
- Once the cake is completely encased in a smooth shell of blue frosting, fill your palm with blue M&M’s. Gently push the candy into the side of the frosted cake until they stick – repeat along the entire side of cake.
- Fill a frosting bag with the remaining white frosting and write “VIAGRA” across the top. Voila!