![]() They'd put it over the rice and eat it as a kind of a treat on Sundays. For the sheet cake, add about 10 minutes to the baking time.Grandma would like to make this concoction with rice and the sauce that she had it was a combination of brown sugar and butter. For cupcakes, you’ll get about 20-24 and want to bake them for 18 to 20 minutes. ![]() Yes! For both cupcakes and a 9″ x 13″ sheet cake, keep the temperature at 325 degrees F. Overbaking the cake will result in a dry texture.Ĭan I make this into cupcakes or a sheet cake? Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out with a few moist crumbs on it.LOW SPEED just until the dry ingredients are mixed in. Don’t overmix your cake batter once you add the dry ingredients.This texture should become smooth and silky, and become light and fluffy. Be sure the mix the butter, sugar, and eggs really well.Instead, set your oven temperature to 325 degrees F on the regular setting. Do not use convection setting on your oven.SMB will be less sweet like the boiled milk frosting, whereas the ABC will definitely add more sweetness to the cake overall. You can use either American Buttercream or Swiss Meringue Buttercream. What if I don’t like boiled milk frosting? And to learn how to freeze and thaw cakes made ahead of time, check out THIS post. For full details about planning your cake schedule, check out THIS post. Of course! Just like any of my cakes, you can make elements ahead of time and store them until you’re ready to assemble. Fruity Pebbles, Captain Crunch Berry, Fruit Loops, etc.) Yes, you can use a different cereal in this cake, but you’ll want to make sure it’s one with a lot of flavor (i.e. It will thicken, but takes a little time. If this happens, simply spoon out any chunks of the flour mixture and continue cooking the frosting. ![]() If it gets too thick, it will not blend well with the rest of the milk you’ll be adding and you’ll get chunks of the flour mixture. Do not overcook the flour and milk because it will get too thick. The Captain Crunch buttercream will be on the denser side, but it’s a great way to add more cereal flavor and compliments the boiled milk frosting really well! Boiled Milk Frosting / Ermine Frostingįor the boiled milk frosting, you’ll note in the instructions that you want to cook the flour with some of the milk for a minute or so. You’ll then take some of the cooled crumble and use it to make the buttercream. To make the crumble, you’ll crush some of the cereal, combine it with butter, milk powder, sugar, and salt, and then bake it for a bit to create a texture that remains crunchy once placed between the cake layers. Captain Crunch Fillingįor the Captain Crunch Filling, we’re actually making two things: a Captain Crunch crumble and a Captain Crunch buttercream. ![]() The milk remains smooth but there’s now a fabulous cereal flavor to it.įor our cereal infused milk, we’re keeping it extra simple and just using milk and the cereal. When I first tested a cereal cake, my Fruity Pebbles Cake, I first tried using finely ground cereal in the cake, but the texture was all wrong! As I thought about how to get the Fruity Pebbles flavor into that cake, I remembered that Milk Bar had “cereal milk,” created by owner Christina Tosi.Ĭhristina soaks the cereal in milk with a couple other ingredients and then strains the flavored milk for her panna cotta. To get the flavor of the Captain Crunch cereal in the cake layers, we’re taking a page out of the Milk Bar cookbook and adapting Christina Tosi’s “cereal milk” to make our cereal infused milk. So good! How to Make Captain Crunch Cake Layers It’s Captain Crunch infused cake layers with Captain Crunch buttercream, Captain Crunch filling, smothered in a boiled-milk frosting. This cake honors cereal, but more importantly it honors second dinners, late night talks, cherished memories, and dads. I wonder if that’s what was happening when my dad ate cereal with me each night before bed… hmm. I learn so much about their lives during our second dinner. We call it our second dinner, and it’s a cherished time for talking about our day. I’ll eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner – in fact, eating it with my kids before bed has become a nightly ritual at our house. Don’t tell cake his, but cereal is actually my favorite food. Captain Crunch Cereal Cake A Cake for My DadĪs you probably know by now, my love of cereal runs deep. Captain Crunch Cereal Cake – Captain Crunch infused cake layers, Captain Crunch cereal filling, and boiled milk frosting. ![]()
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