Hunting Themed Cake

We celebrated my Dad’s fifty-first birthday and I had to think of a theme for his cake. I was thinking of everything he likes : Camping, Fishing, Hunting, Gardening, the great outdoors! I decided on the hunting theme. I made three layers, two chocolate and one vanilla. Just below is the chocolate cake recipe and the vanilla recipe you can find it in my other post, you can use cake pans instead of cupcake pans . Alright, let’s bake up a storm!

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

First, sift together in a large bowl, flour, sugar, coco, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Next, add oil, milk, vanilla, coffee, and eggs; beat well until you don’t see any lumps. Pour batter into two, 9 inch greased pans. Bake at 325 for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes clean.

Chocolate Cake Recipe

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
3/4 cups unsweetened coco powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 pinch salt
1 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup hot, brewed coffee
2 eggs

I made two buttercream frostings: a vanilla and a chocolate one. See the chocolate buttercream frosting in my post with the vanilla cupcakes! 🙂

Here is the vanilla buttercream frosting:

Beat the softened butter over medium speed with an electric mixer until soft and creamy. Continue to beat over medium speed as you gradually add the powdered sugar. Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula as needed to fully incorporate all of the sugar.
Once butter and sugar have come together, add the vanilla. Beat in the heavy cream or milk 1 Tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is reached.

Vanilla Buttercream Recipe

1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks), softened
4 cups powdered sugar
1 Tablespoon pure vanilla extract
4-5 Tablespoons heavy cream or whole milk

Let’s start decorating!!!

Here’s what you will need:

Cake (of course)
Buttercream chocolate and vanilla *dye the vanilla frosting blue and green
Tips # 233 for the grass, and #1A for the stream
Some chocolate candies to look like rocks * I picked raisinets and crunch
Writing gel
Chocolate trees * I got a tree template on online * I used green chocolate melts to make the darker trees. To make the lighter green trees I used white chocolate melts and dyed them moss green.
A deer and hunter figure * I bought them on Amazon