Ingredients
2 store-bought double sponges
125g butter
softened, or Meadow Lea
2 cups icing mixture
sifted
2 rose food colouring
20 cm aluminium foil
50 cm strap black licorice
1 musk stick
1 white marshmallow
2 fruit tingles
sprinkles or sugar sands
of choice
Allergy Advice
Contains Dairy
Contains Eggs
Contains Gluten
Contains Nuts
Contains Sesame
Contains Soy
Equipment
- 1 bread knife
- 1 scissors
- 1 electric beater
Instructions
- Cut one edge off both sponges about 1 inch from edge, with a bread knife.
- Stand up one of the cakes on its cut edge and move it to butt against the other cake to resemble an open compact. Measure the aluminium foil against the cake, cut or fold the aluminium foil to fit with about 1cm gap to the edge of the cake.
- Make the icing by beating butter and icing sugar together until well combined. Add food colouring and ensure it has a smooth, spreadable consistency. Add water by the drop if the mixture is too stiff, or add extra icing sugar by the tablespoon until you reach the desired consistency.
- Ice the bottom half of the cake and then the top.
- Fix the aluminium foil to the the top part of the cake – it will stick to the icing. Stand the top part of the cake up and ice the back of it.
- To decorate, cut the strips of licorice with scissors to 5mm widths and arrange around the aluminium foil as a border to the ‘mirror’ and create some boxes or circles on the lower part of the cake to represent blush and/or eyeshadow.
- Fill in the gaps with sprinkes/sugar sand, and press down with forefinger into the icing.
- Place two fruit-tingles near the connection of the two cakes to represent hinges.
- Lastly, place a musk stick and a marshmallow cut to size with scissors for the make up applicator.
Notes
Tip
Packaged sponge cakes can be found in large chain supermarkets with a bakery section, you may also order them from your local bakery.
Tip
This cake is particularly popular with pre-teens, and can be decorated by them, freeing you of cake decorating duties if you so desire!
Variation
You don’t need to use a round cake, use a square one if you like – your only limit is your imagination!
