3 x 6lb portion of Yo’s Banana Cake (18lbs in total)
2 cups Italian Meringue Buttercream
3 cups Mini Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
¼ cup Instant Coffee
Clear Food Grade Alcohol
Icing Sugar
4 lbs Fondant
2 x Red or Black Candy Beads (or two small black balls of fondant)
Wilton Ivory Icing Color
Wilton Brown Icing Color
Wilton Black Icing Color
Wilton Buttercup Yellow Icing Color

Item Name:	Availability:
2 x 10” Round Cake Pans, Lined with Parchment Paper
2 x 9” Round Bundt Pans, Lined with Parchment Paper
7” Round Bundt Pan
5” Round Cake Pan
Serrated Knife
Small Serrated Knife
Small Offset Spatula
Small Icing Spatula
Rubber Spatula
Paring Knife
18” Diamond Sleeve
Rolling Pin
Paint Brushes
Paper Towel
Dental Floss or String

Preperation

Prepare Banana Cake

Prepare the 18lb portion of Yo’s Banana Cake. Fold in the mini chocolate chips using 1 cup of chocolate chips per 6lb recipe. Divide the batter as follows:

4 lbs per 10” round pan

3 ½ lbs per 9” bundt pan

2 lbs in the 7” bundt pan

1 lb in the 5” round pan

Bake Cakes

Bake the cakes at 350º degrees until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.

5” round – 40 minutes

7” bundt – 50 minutes

9” bundt – 1 hour & 10 minutes

10” round – 1 hour & 20 minutes

Let cool completely in their pans, and chill for a few hours.

Level Cakes

Remove all the cakes from their pans. Level the two 10” and the 5” round cakes and cut the caramelization off the bottom. Level all of the bundt cakes.

Carve Round Cakes

Starting with the two 10” round cakes, place one on top of the other. Trim around the top of the cake rounding the edges down. Flip both cakes over as one, and carve rounded edges again. Flip the cake back, and carve a gap out of the middle of the cake. Try to create a 3D letter “C”.

Carve Bundt Cakes

Cut the 9” bundt cake in half, but not necessarily two equal pieces. Round the edges of this cake in the same way as the 10” rounds.

Create “S” Formation

Place one half of the bundt cake beside one end of the “C” cake you created, and the other half at the other end. Cut the cakes where they meet to have them join together. Try to create an “S” formation for the body of the snake. Continue to cut and carve the cakes the fit together.

Continue Carving

Move on to the next 9” bundt pan and repeat the same process. Form the “S” formation however you like, and of course, to fit your cake board. Continue carving the snake cake by adding the 7” bundt and the 5” round cakes. Use these cakes to form the tail.

Carve Snake Tail

Carve the tail of the snake into a sharp little point. Carve the head from the top cake, or use a large cake scrap to form and carve the head.

Make Final Carvings

Once all of your cakes have been carved, make your final carving adjustments.

Prepare Coffee Buttercream

To make the coffee buttercream, place the instant coffee in a glass jar. Boil some water and pour 2 tablespoons into the jar. Close the jar so that the lid is secure and give it a good shake, letting the coffee dissolve. Let cool, then whisk into the buttercream.

Fill Cakes

Fill the 10” cakes that form the “C” in the middle of your snake with coffee buttercream. Spread a little buttercream between all the cake joints where two cakes meet. Crumb coat the entire snake cake with coffee buttercream. Let set, then ice again.

Dye Fondant

Dye 4lbs of fondant a very light shade of yellow. Roll out the fondant in sections, about 1lb at a time.

Cover the Cake

Cover the centre of the snake cake, and tuck the fondant underneath. Cut the fondant where the seams meet.

Prepare Fondant Paste

Once completely covered, make a fondant paste by adding water to a small piece of fondant. Ice this paste onto the seams. Use a wet paintbrush to blend the paste into the snake.

Add Texture

Use a piece of the diamond sleeve to create texture. Stretch and press it all around the surface of the cake creating diamonds that flow in one direction.

Paint Cake

Dilute a touch of ivory, brown and black with clear alcohol. Paint the entire snake with this light tan/brown colour.

Darken Paint Colour

Darken the paint by adding more brown. Begin to paint the snake pattern by adding soft blob like shapes all along both sides of the length of the snake. While painting, lay pieces of paper towel onto the pattern and peel them back off, this will create texture and colour variances

Create Darker Paint

Create a darker paint by mixing black and brown. Dilute it slightly with alcohol. Paint this colour in between the pattern along the whole snake. Use the paper towel method again.

Add Eyes

This snake needs to see. Add the two eyes to the head of the snake using red or black candy beads. Paint them with black food colouring to give them shine. Poke two nostrils into the front of the face.

Add Mouth Details

Use a piece of dental floss to gently press in the marking of a mouth on the head of my snake.

Paint a Second Coat

If necessary, paint a second coat onto the snake if the colours lighten when dried. Repeat the paper towel method as well.

Congratulations!

If all went well, you should see something that looks like this...

Preperation

Prepare Banana Cake

Bake Cakes

Level Cakes

Carve Round Cakes

Carve Bundt Cakes

Create “S” Formation

Continue Carving

Carve Snake Tail

Make Final Carvings

Prepare Coffee Buttercream

Fill Cakes

Dye Fondant

Cover the Cake

Prepare Fondant Paste

Add Texture

Paint Cake

Darken Paint Colour

Create Darker Paint

Add Eyes

Add Mouth Details

Paint a Second Coat

Congratulations!

SHOPPING INFORMATION

QUICK LINKS

Prepare Banana Cake

Bake Cakes

Level Cakes

Carve Round Cakes

Carve Bundt Cakes

Create “S” Formation

Continue Carving

Carve Snake Tail

Make Final Carvings

Prepare Coffee Buttercream

Fill Cakes

Dye Fondant

Cover the Cake

Prepare Fondant Paste

Add Texture

Paint Cake

Darken Paint Colour

Create Darker Paint

Add Eyes

Add Mouth Details

Paint a Second Coat

Congratulations!

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