Anatomical Heart Cake
I recently "competed" in a competition among Anatomy TAs. The goal was to either create the best tasting or most anatomically correct food. I heard about this "competition" the morning of. . . and I can't pass up a competition involving food. I LOVE to cook! Especially I love to make crazy foods, like anatomically correct foods. So I hopped online and starting looking for something. . . when I came across THIS.
The moment I saw it, I knew it would become my project. So, I skipped class and a chemistry review and buckled down to create a masterpiece (HA).
Ingredients:
cupcakes (I used red velvet)
red food coloring (a TON)
red fondant (mine turned out pink. . . )
buttercream
cherry/raspberry/strawberry jam
a paintbrush
Directions:
1. Mix up the cupcakes. Spoon into cupcake liners within tins, and use a small piece of tinfoil to stick between the liner and the tin. This will make your cupcakes in more of a wedge shape, which is helpful for the hearts! Bake for 15-20 minutes, then when they are ready, put them on a cooling rack and leave them alone for half an hour.
2. Roll out a batch of red fondant (remember to dust the surface/rolling pin with powdered sugar beforehand so it doesn't stick!) and measure out a piece that looks big enough to cover a cupcake. Take the cake out of its wrapper, spread a little buttercream on the bottom and place in the middle of the fondant.
3. Start wrapping the fondant up and over the cake, squeezing the edges together when they reach the top. You want to create three funnels (meant to be the arteries) so don't join it all perfectly, instead let it fold in on itself (see the link at the top for images). Don't worry about wrinkles!! It will make the heart look more realistic once painted, and sometimes they even look like arteries;)
4. Next, mix lots of red food coloring with the jam. I heated up my jam to make it more liquid, so it could be painted on. Then, start painting the heart!! Paint to your heart's desire (muahaha).
That's it! It's pretty simple, actually. The most difficult part is creating the large artery branches, but you'll get the hang of it.
Good luck!
Ingredients:
cupcakes (I used red velvet)
red food coloring (a TON)
red fondant (mine turned out pink. . . )
buttercream
cherry/raspberry/strawberry jam
a paintbrush
Directions:
1. Mix up the cupcakes. Spoon into cupcake liners within tins, and use a small piece of tinfoil to stick between the liner and the tin. This will make your cupcakes in more of a wedge shape, which is helpful for the hearts! Bake for 15-20 minutes, then when they are ready, put them on a cooling rack and leave them alone for half an hour.
2. Roll out a batch of red fondant (remember to dust the surface/rolling pin with powdered sugar beforehand so it doesn't stick!) and measure out a piece that looks big enough to cover a cupcake. Take the cake out of its wrapper, spread a little buttercream on the bottom and place in the middle of the fondant.
3. Start wrapping the fondant up and over the cake, squeezing the edges together when they reach the top. You want to create three funnels (meant to be the arteries) so don't join it all perfectly, instead let it fold in on itself (see the link at the top for images). Don't worry about wrinkles!! It will make the heart look more realistic once painted, and sometimes they even look like arteries;)
4. Next, mix lots of red food coloring with the jam. I heated up my jam to make it more liquid, so it could be painted on. Then, start painting the heart!! Paint to your heart's desire (muahaha).
That's it! It's pretty simple, actually. The most difficult part is creating the large artery branches, but you'll get the hang of it.
Good luck!
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