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How To Make An Anti Gravity Cake

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how to make an anti gravity cake

A couple of weeks ago my hubby Steve celebrated his birthday. It wasn’t just any birthday it was the big 4-0! And like any good birthday celebrations, there was cake. Not just any cake either, Red Velvet Cake (his favourite).

I had been toying with the idea of making an ‘Anti Gravity Cake’ for a while now, but as you can see.. it is not exactly the type of cake you just whip up and serve for afternoon tea. So thanks to Steve, I now had the perfect excuse occasion for which to make this creation.  

For those of you who are wondering what on earth I am going on about, an Anti Gravity Cake is basically a cake that looks like it’s defying gravity in some way. If you check out my Pinterest board you will see that my favourite versions of this cake are of course (!) the ones covered in lollies. And, they were just perfect for my sweet tooth, loving husband.

how to make an anti gravity cake With the perfect reason to give this cake a go, I banished Steve to the home office the night before his birthday; armed myself with my vision, crossed all my fingers and toes and got to work to (hopefully) create this cake and end up with something like the pictures I had been pinning madly. I was pleasantly surprised with how it turned out and was even more surprised with how easy it was to do.

So, it seems only fair given the fact I have shown you a sneaky peek of said cake, that I let you in on the secret of how you can create one of these for yourself (as I said before, it’s really quite easy!). Apologies in advance for the lack of photos, as it was night when I but this bad boy together I could only take photos the day after of the completed product.

how to make an anti gravity cake To create your own Anti Gravity Cake you will need:

  • Your cake of choice, I used a double mix Red Velvet Cake as I wanted height
  • A double batch of butter cream icing
  • 2 wooden cake dowels, length depends on how high you want defy gravity
  • Chocolate for melting, you can use cooking, chocolate or whatever you have on hand
  • Kit Kats (3 king sized blocks fits perfectly, no sneaky fingers… If you want to just put lollies on the top of the cake , not down the side, you will need 4 blocks)
  • Lollies of choice, I used M & M’s and Malteasers  
  • Cotton Balls
  • Cake board, plate or stand
First off, melt your chocolate., I like to use bursts of 30 – 45 seconds in the microwave stirring between each burst until just melted. Coat each of your wooden cake dowels in the melted chocolate then roll in your choice of lollies. I found it was easiest to pour the melted chocolate into a oven tray and roll the cake dowels in it before rolling them in the lollies. Once completely covered, place in the freezer to set. Once set you will notice where there are any holes are you can go back and patch them up, so don’t throw away any unused chocolate 🙂
 
Take your cake and slice through the middle. Place one half on your cake board, I placed it slightly to the back of my cake board to allow for the effect of the spilling lollies. Spread the cake with your choice of butter cream icing, I used chocolate. Top with the second cake.
 
Apply a thin coat of butter cream icing to the top and sides of your cake to seal all the crumbs. Refrigerate for 10 minutes to set. During this time, break the Kit Kats bars into pieces,  so you have two Kit Kat fingers together (I found it easiest to break them into pieces, as they split when I tried cutting them). Cover your cake with three quarters of the remaining icing. Use the remaining icing to cover the cake board right out to the edges (this will give the effect of the lollies spilling down the side of the cake and on to the board).
 
Stick the broken Kit Kat fingers around the side of the cake, leaving approximately a quarter uncovered. Fill in the middle, sides and cake board with your chosen lollies.
 
Empty a smaller packet of your chosen lollies (as you can see I used Malteasers and M & M’s). Fill with cotton balls to give the illusion of being full without the weight. Insert one end of your now set lolly covered dowels into the empty packet, seal with a bit of tape. Repeat, this with both types of lollies. Insert the other end into your cake at an angle (I poked a hole in the cake first to make it a bit easier).
 
Voila ~ you have now created an ‘Anti Gravity Cake’. Sit back and relax (pour a glass of wine), job well done!how to make an anti gravity cake
 
What do you reckon.. is this something you would attempt?
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  3. Wow this looks amazing!!! I have always been too frightened to try making one these cakes but maybe I’ll have to give it a go!

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    • I felt the same way to begin with, but I ended up having so much fun putting it together and was so surprised how easy it was. Would love to hear how you get on with it xx

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    • You are in luck! Not much skill is required, but it looks SO impressive! Give it a go, you will be glad you did Becky xx

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    • Thanks Kaz!
      It was really quiet easy to do once I figured out how I was going to go about it.
      Funny thing is, I wasn’t going to post about it but it has been really quite popular, I’m glad I did now. xx

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