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When you light the candles (fire the rockets) and bring the Space Shuttle birthday cake into orbit at your child's birthday - everyone is going to be so happy. Out-of-this-world.
1. Use a serrated knife to shave the top of the cake so that the layer is completely even on top.
2. Flip the cake over.
3. Using the space shuttle cake template, cut out the space shuttle body. Place this piece on the serving platter.
4. Use the top of the template to cut out a nose for the space shuttle from the remaining piece of the 13x9 layer. Place it on the top front of the cake to make the nose of the space shuttle taller.
5. Place the top of the template on the last remaining piece of the cake layer. Cut out a fin and a small rectangle. Place the fin standing up in the middle of the space shuttle. Place the small rectangle at the bottom of the cake to look like the space shuttle’s fuel tanks.
6. Lift the space shuttle slightly and place some frosting underneath to adhere cake to the serving platter.
7. Crumb coat the cake by frosting the entire cake with a thick layer of white frosting. Place cake in freezer for 30 minutes.
8. Cover cake in another layer of white frosting. Work from the top of the cake down to the sides.
9. Smooth frosting with a spatula that's been dipped in hot water. As you scrape the excess frosting off the cake, scrape spatula on the bowl’s edge to clean the spatula. Wipe water off the spatula each time before continuing to frost cake.
10. Decorate cake using an assortment of blue and red candies, and the colored frosting in the pastry cone.
11. For a fun blast off, insert birthday candles into the fuel tanks at the bottom of the cake. Place them sideways into the cake tilting slightly upward.
Betty Crocker's Space Shuttle Cake serves 15.
Note From Grandpa Mike
This Space Shuttle birthday cake looks great, but it's really easy to make.
Your birthday child and all their guests will really be impressed with this cake and you'll be the only one who knows how easy it is to make.
