{"id":210338,"date":"2025-04-28T08:16:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T08:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accountants4yourbusiness.co.uk\/recipes\/category-a-b\/baking-category-a-b\/monster-jam-gravedigger-cake-beyond-frosting\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T08:16:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T08:16:20","slug":"monster-jam-gravedigger-cake-beyond-frosting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accountants4yourbusiness.co.uk\/?p=210338","title":{"rendered":"Monster Jam Gravedigger Cake | Beyond Frosting"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/li>\n
  • Black<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0I recommend adding black cocoa powder<\/a> to the frosting base to achieve a deep black color with minimal gel colors. It gives the black frosting a chocolatey flavor, but I prefer that over adding heaping amounts of gel color. After you add the cocoa powder, stir in your black gel<\/a> to achieve the desired color.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Filling the cake: <\/strong>You may not see it at first, but the cake layers are frosted with the chocolate buttercream, which I choose to not dyed black. This means that I needed to dye a much smaller amount of frosting which can be easier to work with.<\/p>\n

    Leftover buttercream:<\/strong> If it feels like you made a ton of frosting, you\u2019d be correct, but it\u2019s much easier to freeze leftover buttercream then to try and match colors if you come up short.<\/p>\n

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    Cut Out the Fondant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    I used precolored fondant to make the black and white checkered flag pattern on the bottom of the cake. You\u2019ll find fondant in craft stores like Michaels<\/a> or Hobby Lobby<\/a>, and at Walmart<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n