I know what some of you are thinking. Haven’t I seen this cake before? Is she repeating posts and hoping against hope that nobody will notice? Really? What do you take me for?
My first attempt at a hamburger cake was pretty successful. It got the point across. It served at least five people, the strawberry and kiwi “vegetables” were cute, and who can argue with a Nutella-based burger?
This week’s hamburger was of an entirely different breed, however. It took five vanilla cake batters to make the three buns, and it stood about 16 inches (40 cm) high. There were 50-60 guests at a Shabbat sheva brachot, all of whom, I can only assume, wanted a slice of this cake. To give you an idea of scale, here it is next to an average-sized pepper.
It’s an interesting theme choice for a post-wedding celebration, I agree. But it seems a little less crazy when you learn that the groom’s brother, who got married just a few weeks ago, requested a Hogwarts castle cake for his Shabbat Chatan.
The chief dilemma here was how to create the two hamburgers. True, I could have resorted to the tried and true and used Nutella as a base. But some difficulties arose. For one thing, Nutella is dairy. There are dairy-free alternative chocolate spreads of course, but I do have standards of quality to maintain. Second, just stop and imagine how many jars of chocolate spread I would have had to buy to shape two 12-inch hamburgers! Most importantly, the texture of a hamburger made entirely of chocolate spread is too smooth, and would simply be unsatisfying and unsuitable.
No, I needed another solution. Rice Krispies (or rather its chocolatey cousin, Cocoa Pebbles) to the rescue again! Nearly two whole boxes of cereal mixed with delicious (pareve) chocolate ganache later, and voila! The uneven, grainy texture was perfect and it added a tasty crunch to each cake slice.
Once that was done, the lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, relish, mustard, and red onions were just icing on the cake.
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