Licorice Allsorts Cakes

What’s your opinion of licorice? Since my family is Dutch, both my mom and grandma really like certain types of licorice, but I just can’t handle the taste of any type, including the colorful licorice allsorts candies I see in stores from time to time. Nonetheless, I can’t possibly ignore colorful candy, so I decided to use it as inspiration to make these colorful licorice allsorts cakes that taste nothing like actual licorice, ha! So if you like cake and pretty colors, these DIY licorice cakes are for you ?

All in all, these cakes are actually easy to recreate because the designs are not very complicated. The most common licorice allsorts candies are simply round and square. Some are colorful with a black dot in the middle, some are color blocked squares with a black line around the middle and some appear to be covered in sprinkles, so those are the exact cakes are recreated in bright colors. Which one is your favorite? I like the yellow with the black dot in the middle. 

Scroll down for the full recipe card for the tutorial for all three cakes! ??

I used two different recipes for these cakes – one is a really simple chocolate cake recipe and the others are classic vanilla cake. I’ve shared these cake recipes before, and they are my tried-and-true favorites! 

After completing this shoot, I sampled 1…2…3 pieces of cake. Any colors will work for these allsorts-inspired cakes. I suppose if you actually DO like licorice, you can even use licorice allsorts as a decoration or even a filling inside the cakes. Have fun with it! 

Licorice Allsorts Cakes

2017-12-21 10:37:17

A variety of cakes that look like colorful licorice allsorts candies

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Ingredients

1. Your favorite cake recipe(s)
2. Classic vanilla buttercream
3. Food coloring
4. Black icing
5. Black fondant
6. Pink sanding sugar
7. Offset spatula
8. Cake boards

For the Square Cake

1. Layer two square cakes with buttercream and frost a white crumb coat
2. Once chilled, frost the entire cake with white buttercream and chill
3. Dye a small amount of buttercream blue or desired color and frost the top half of the cake
4. Mold a piece of black fondant in your hands and roll out to about 1/4 inch thick with a rolling pin on a silicone mat. Using a ruler, cut two 1-inch thick strips of fondant
5. Carefully place the black strips around the middle of the cake, covering where the blue and white icing meet. Gently press the seam of the two pieces together to give the appearance of one long strip
6. Chill until ready to cut and serve

For the Black Dot Cake

1. Dye buttercream yellow or desired color. Layer 2-3 round cakes with buttercream and frost a crumb coat
2. Once chilled, frost and smooth the buttercream all over the cake
3. Use a small cup or bowl to gently press a circle into the middle of the top of the cake, just enough to leave a mark on the frosting
4. Trace and fill in the circle with black icing. Chill until ready to cut and serve

For the Sprinkle Cake

1. Dye frosting if desired. Layer 2-3 round cakes with buttercream and frost a crumb coat
2. Once chilled, frost and smooth the buttercream all over the cake
3. Hold the cake on a cake board and carefully tilt the cake to cover it entirely in sprinkles/sanding sugar
4. Chill until ready to cut and serve

By Holly Wade

Club Crafted https://www.clubcrafted.com/