EASY PIKACHU CAKE 

INGREDENTS

• Cake mix or your favorite homemade cake recipe
• 2 9-inch round cake pans
• Icing or your favorite homemade icing recipe
• Piping
• Icing spatula or butter knife
• Yellow food coloring
• Red decorating icing tube

• Black decorating icing tube – I actually used this sparkle gel because that’s all I could find locally.
• Knife to cut the cake

HOW TO MAKE A PIKACHU CAKE

1. After the cakes have cooled, place one round cake on the tray that you will be serving the cake on.

2. Cut two rabbit-ear shaped pieces from the other round cake. Optional: eat cake scraps.

3. Place the rabbit-ear shaped cake pieces at the top of the round cake to form the basic shape of Pikachu.

4. Make your icing (skip if using store bought). Save a small amount of white icing (roughly one tablespoon or so) in a separate container. You will use this small batch of icing for finishing details.

5. Add some drops of yellow food coloring to your icing and mix until the color is evenly distributed.

6. Add a generous layer of yellow icing to the entire shape of the cake and along all edges.

7. Chill the cake in the fridge for about 20 minutes.

8. Add an additional layer of yellow icing if needed. Otherwise, run a butter knife or cake knife over the entire cake to smooth the icing as best as you can. Optional: lick the icing off the knife to reward yourself for such an amazing job! You deserve it!

9. Add black and red details using the decorating icing tubes.

10. Using a piping bag (or use a small plastic zipper seal bag and snip one corner) to add the white dots to the eyes using the icing you put aside in step four.