Description
This stunning Frank Ocean Cake combines a tender vanilla sponge with a creative gummy ocean and sandy graham cracker finish. It is a reliable and impressive dessert that brings a peaceful beach aesthetic to any celebration or special gathering.
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour
- Caster sugar
- Softened unsalted butter
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Eggs
- Milk
- Vegetable oil
- Greek yogurt or sour cream
- Vanilla extract
- Teal and blue food gel
- Gelatin powder
- Water
- Granulated sugar
- Graham crackers
- Modelling chocolate (chocolate and corn syrup)
- Craft paper and sticks
Instructions
- Preheat your oven and line baking tins with parchment paper and oil spray.
- Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt using a hand mixer on low speed.
- Incorporate the softened butter into the dry mixture until it reaches a fine, sandy texture.
- Mix in the eggs, milk, oil, yogurt, and vanilla extract until the batter is smooth.
- Divide the batter into three portions, color two with food gel, and bake in prepared tins until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow cakes to cool completely in the pans, then chill in the refrigerator overnight.
- Level the cakes, slice in half, and stack with rings of colored frosting before chilling the stack.
- Carve a gentle slope into one side of the cake, apply a thin crumb coat of frosting, and chill again.
- Wrap the cake tightly with acetate and plastic wrap to create a secure seal.
- Prepare the gelatin mixture with water and sugar, cool to room temperature, and pour into the carved slope.
- Chill until the gelatin is set, then decorate with crushed graham cracker sand and modelling chocolate palm trees.
Notes
To ensure a perfectly clear and stable ocean, always allow your gelatin mixture to reach room temperature before pouring it onto the frosted cake. Double-wrapping the acetate around the base is the best way to prevent leaks while the gummy layer sets in the refrigerator.
- Prep Time: 45 mins
- Cook Time: 35 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American