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Pokemon Cake

Pokemon GO Birthday Cake

Ryan's birthday was coming up so we made him a Pokemon GO cake! This will be a big hit if you have any Pokemon Go players in your house!
5 from 28 votes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12 slices
Calories 842 kcal

Ingredients
  

Birthday Cake

  • 3/4 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup shortening
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 eggs unbeaten
  • 3 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp lemon flavouring
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup hot water

Buttercream Icing

  • 2 lbs powdered sugar (aka confectioners sugar)
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup water

Instructions
 

Birthday Cake

  • Cream butter/shortening.
  • Gradually add sugar and cream.
  • Beat in milk, hot water and flavouring.
  • Add flour 1 cup at a time, alternating with an egg each time.
  • Add baking powder and salt with the last cup of flour.
  • Pour into a 10 inch cake pan. Bake for 1 hour at 375, lower temperature to 300 after half an hour

Buttercream Icing

  • Cream butter, shortening and vanilla until smooth.
  • Add powdered sugar and water gradually.
  • Mix thoroughly on low speed (do not over mix!)
  • Divide up your icing into 3 parts and add red and black icing to make those parts of the Pokemon Ball Icing.
  • Pipe the icing onto the cake in the design of a Pokemon Ball as shown in the picture.
    Pokemon Cake

Notes

This recipe makes one single layer cake. So if you want a large cake like this one make the recipe twice and stack them.
A special thank you to Crystal Clark for this amazing recipe!

Nutrition

Calories: 842kcalCarbohydrates: 135gProtein: 6gFat: 32gSaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 45mgSodium: 315mgPotassium: 96mgFiber: 1gSugar: 109gVitamin A: 117IUCalcium: 90mgIron: 2mg
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