Hamburger Birthday Cake

For Jared’s birthday this year I did a “Summer Grilling” theme. This was a really fun cake to make and it went along perfectly with the theme. This would also be a lot of fun to serve at a 4th of July party.

Here’s what you will need:
1 yellow box cake, prepared in 2 8″-9″ round pans
1 chocolate box cake, prepared in 2 8″-9″ round pans
1 1/2 lbs. fondant (you can find this pre-made at wal-mart in the cake decorating section)
1 container chocolate frosting
1 container vanilla or buttercream frosting
Food coloring (the gel kind)

First, start with one of your prepared yellow cakes. This will be the bottom part of your bun.
Next, frost one of the chocolate cakes with chocolate frosting (sprinkle with cocoa powder to mix up the color if you want). You can use both of the chocolate cakes on the burger-cake if you want or you can frost the other chocolate cake and serve it separately. I did it separately because I thought a double-burger-cake would be a little too huge.Place the chocolate cake on the “bottom bun”. Mix in some yellow/red food coloring into some of the fondant (about 3/4 c. worth) to make a nice orange cheesy color. Roll out the fondant really flat, cut into a large square, and place over the chocolate cake.
Mix some green food coloring into some of the fondant (maybe a cups worth) and roll it into a long roll (like a snake), flatten out and crinkle using a salad fork or anything you can think of to get that crinkle-y look. Circle it around the cake (as seen below). Color and roll out fondant to make the onions and tomatoes (see picture below) and place over the lettuce.Separate the vanilla frosting into 2 bowls. Color one bright red and the other bright yellow (ketchup and mustard), put in separate plastic bags and snip off a corner so you can frost the cake. Be generous with the “ketchup and mustard” and make it look nice and messy. Carefully place the second yellow cake over the top. Roll out some fondant to look like sesame seeds and sprinkle over the top. That’s it! Pretty easy huh?