This week I am switching things up a bit. Today I have a tutorial on how to make a macaroni and cheese cake. More specifically a big cup of Kraft macaroni and cheese. I love making cakes that look like food (see barbecue cake and steak cake) and I had so much fun making this cake.

The cake itself was quite easy to make and I was able to use edible images. I finally bought myself an edible printer with the edible ink and all the bells and whistles that goes with that. So… I was super excited to use it. I felt like a kid in a candy store. While the cake was fairly easy, I had a few hiccups, I ended up breaking two chocolate cups and finally gave up and used fondant at the last minute. Isn’t it always the simple/easy cakes that give the most problems?

The story behind this mac n cheese cake is quite funny actually. Mac and cheese is my son’s favorite and he would eat it for breakfast lunch and dinner. Until I met my coworker whose food groups includes the same thing as my son. Which I found quite hilarious. My coworker brings this big cup of mac and cheese to work for lunch quite often. So… to celebrate, I paid homage by making this macaroni and cheese cake. I have to admit it was so realistic that even though it was sitting on a cake board, it looked like the real thing.

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How to make the Macaroni and Cheese Cake

To make this cake you only need a few things. Getting the cake to scale is the most challenging part of this process. However, I suggest buying a big Kraft macaroni and cheese container to use if you want to make it to scale. If you are like me, you might have it at home already.  But, if you don’t want to go out a purchase one you may carve by hand.

I built the cake inside the Kraft macaroni and cheese cup because it was so much easier to do. Plus, I didn’t have to worry about carving. I highly suggest using a circle cutter a tad smaller than the size of the bottom and a large one for the top of the cup. I didn’t have time to look for my circle cutters since I spent so much time messing around with the chocolate base, so I used the cup instead.

To get the top and the side labels I used the label from the cup and scanned it into the computer. Then, I printed the labels using my edible printer. For your convenience, I have placed the template for the labels in the free resource library.

Materials

• Cake (I used my chocolate cake recipe)
• Buttercream (I used the Swiss Meringue buttercream found here)
• White fondant (you can make your own using this marshmallow fondant recipe)
• Yellow fondant
• Kraft macaroni and cheese big cup (optional)
• Xacto Knife
• Edible image
• Lemon yellow gel color
• Golden yellow gel color
• Circle cutter set
• Rolling pin
• 6-inch cake board

Step-by-Step Mac N Cheese Tutorial:

1. Use circle cutters to cut out two small circles of cake and one large circle (you may split this in two).
2. Add ganache or buttercream to the cake and place it into the refrigerator. I frosted mine upside down.
3. Cut out the edible image using a Xacto knife.
4. Then roll out the white fondant and add to the cake.
5. Flip the cake upside down on a 6-inch board and set it to the side.
6. Take a piece of the white fondant and color with the lemon yellow and golden yellow color,
7. Then roll out the yellow fondant and cut a little larger than the top of the cup.
8. Add some shortening to the fondant and place the edible image on top. Adjust as needed but don’t handle too much.
9. Then add to the top of the cake.
10. Place some shortening on the side of the cake and add the side labels. Overlap the first label with the second.
11. Cover with plastic wrap, place in a box and into the refrigerator.
12. As an optional step, place a 6-inch cake board.

That’s it easy peasy. Don’t forget to share the love, pin for later. Until next time. Happy Caking.