If you have a loved one who is crazy about bacon, make his birthday unforgettable with a bacon-shaped birthday cake. Although the cake may not taste like your friend's favorite snack, a homemade birthday cake in the shape of bacon is just strange enough to show that you care. Start with a regular sheet cake to make this wacky birthday treat. Add this to my Recipe Box.
Bake any flavored cake according to the directions on the package of cake mix in a rectangular baking pan. An 18-by-24-inch pan works best to make a cake shaped like bacon.
Stick a toothpick in the center of the cake to check if it is done. If the toothpick comes out of the cake mostly free of batter, your cake is ready. Allow the cake to cool before decorating.
Remove the cake from the pan with a spatula or by flipping the pan over onto a clean countertop.
Cut the cake in half lengthwise so you have two thin, rectangular pieces. Place the pieces end to end so they form a long, thin strip.
Cut a wavy pattern along the right side of the strip, removing as little of the cake as possible. Cut a similar pattern along the left side of the strip.
Cover the top and sides of the cake with red frosting. Fill one plastic sandwich bag halfway with orange frosting. Angle the bag so that the frosting fills one of the bottom corners of the bag. Cut a small hole in the bottom corner so you can squeeze the frosting through it. Repeat this procedure with cream-colored frosting.
Squeeze orange frosting about 1 1/2 inches in from each long side of the cake in a long, wavy line. Flatten out the frosting with a spatula to help it to blend in. Make a cream-colored wavy strip of frosting on the inside of the orange strip. Smooth it out with a spatula and blend it in.
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