Slinky The Snake Cake Recipes

Steps:

• To Make the Orange-Almond Paste:
• Combine the almonds, confectioners' sugar, cinnamon, and cardamom in a food processor or blender and pulse to grind into a coarse meal. Add the butter and egg yolks and pulse until blended. Scrape the paste into a bowl, and stir in the orange-flower water, orange juice, orange zest, and vanilla. Divide the paste into 12 balls, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Set the balls on a work surface dusted with confectioners' sugar. Roll each one into a 3 1/2-inch-long log. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• To Assemble the Cake:
• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter a large baking sheet. Dust a work surface with confectioners' sugar. Place a sheet of phyllo pastry on the sugared work surface, and fold it in thirds to form a 4- by 17-inch rectangle. Brush the sheet with melted butter. Add another folded phyllo sheet, brush with butter, and repeat, until you have four buttered sheets.
• Set four orange-almond paste logs in a row down one long end of the phyllo, and roll the pastry up over them into a cylinder. Fold over the ends and brush on some melted butter to seal the seams. Shape the cylinder into a small, tight coil and place on the baking sheet, seam side down.
• Repeat to prepare two more phyllo rolls. Add each to the end of the coil on the baking sheet, forming a large coil.
• Combine the egg yolks, water, and cinnamon. Brush the mixture over the top of the cake.
• To Bake:
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden. Remove the cake from the oven, and let cool on the baking sheet.
• To Serve:
• Stir together the confectioners' sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle on the cake, and top with sliced almonds.

Steps:

• You will also need: 1 40x20 cake board covered in foil or paper Cut each bundt cake in half, NOT horizontally, vertically.
• Position pieces end to end to make a serpentine shape (like an"S" on it's side) Set it on the cake board with a little bit of frosting as the glue.
• Tint your frosting whatever color you'd like your snake to be.
• I did a green color.
• Frost entire length of cake with the colored frosting, frosting halfway down the sides.
• If you do the whole thing you'll need another can or two of frosting.
• Place the chocolate chips in a zip bag.
• Microwave on MEDIUM (50%) power for 20 to 30 seconds.
• Mush the bag a bit and microwave 20 more seconds on medium power until chocolate is melted.
• Clip the corner of the bag and use it to make a diamond pattern along the snake's back.
• cut the fruit roll-up into a strip that has a forked tongue shape on the end and set under one end of the cake Decorate the eyes and nostrils with the candies (I use M&M's).

Steps:

• Arrange 8 rollettes on board to form a snake shape. Trim 2 rollettes and position as head and tail.
• Use trimming from head and tail and remaining rollettes to fill in the gaps.
• Colour icing yellow, then gradually add green colouring to get a lime green colour. Set aside 1/8 teaspoon icing. Spread remaining icing over cake.
• Set aside 2 yellow Smarties for eyes. Arrange remaining Smarties over cake. Cut 2 small strips from liquorice. Use reserved icing to stick a liquorice strip onto each reserved Smartie. Place onto cake to form eyes. Cut 2 tiny dots from liquorice to make nostrils. Place onto cake. Cut jelly snake into a forked tongue shape. Place onto cake.