Duck cake, too cute

by Heather Craven, Posted May 31st 2006 @ 2:01PM

As a mother, I can deeply appreciate Anna Dilemna's culinary efforts in the birthday cake arena. It's no easy task creating a desert delight that the other mothers will admire while also satisfying the sugar needs of screaming wee ones. But Anna has constructed an amazing bit of culinary beauty with her duck cake.

Using the Joy of Cooking's recipe for banana cake, Anna then mixed up a basic cream cheese frosting and covered the bird with coconut to give the look of ruffled feathers. She doesn't mention if she used a duck mold or cut and pasted the duck into shape. Either way, it's a super cute desert.

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Tags: Anna Dilemna, AnnaDilemna, baking, children's birthdays, Children'sBirthdays, dessert, duck cake, DuckCake

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5-31-2006 @9:08PM Kristen said... If I remember correctly, Wilton makes a duck cake-mold. It's really cute, gives you different hints on how to 'dress' your duckie. :)
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5-31-2006 @9:19PM mella said... This is definitely from the Wilton mold. I made this same cake for my duckie-obsessed two-year-old for his birthday a few months ago. I used a butter cake recipe and buttercream icing. the coconut looks great as feathers, but I just can't stand the stuff myself. This one is much better than my amateurish effort, but take a look at mine too.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39967951@n00/131043719/
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