How to Make a Hamburger Cake (with Pictures) - wikiHow
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Turning a plain old cake into a hamburger is a great way to surprise a friend or family member with a really cool treat! The trick to making a hamburger cake is making three separate cakes, and using icing and other decorations to create...
03Cream the butter, sugar, and eggs. Combine the butter and sugar in a large bowl and cream them together with a whisk or electric beaters. After about three minutes, beat in the eggs, one at a time. When they are fully incorporated, beat in the egg yolks one at a time.
Beating in the ingredients in stages will help ensure a light and fluffy cake.
04Combine the dry ingredients. In a medium bowl, sift together the salt, baking powder, and flour. Sifting will remove lumps and aerate the dry ingredients, making the cake light rather than dense.
If you don’t have a sifter, place all the ingredients into the bowl and whisk them together.
05Add all ingredients to the creamed mixture. Pour half the dry ingredients into the creamed butter, sugar, and egg mixture. Beat or whisk until everything is combined. Add half the buttermilk and mix to combine. Repeat until you’ve added all the dry ingredients and buttermilk.
Finally, add the vanilla to the batter and beat until everything is fully incorporated.
06Bake the cakes. Divide the batter between the two cake pans and the bowl. Bake the cakes for about 25 minutes. The cake in the bowl may need up to 30 minutes. The cakes are done when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
If you only have one eight-inch cake pan, bake the two cakes in separate batches.
07Cool the cakes. Remove the cakes from the oven and leave them to cool for 10 minutes. Then, turn them out onto wire cooling racks to cool completely, about one to two hours.
You can't assemble the hamburger until the cakes have fully cooled, or the icing and decorations will melt off.
While you're waiting for the cakes to cool, prepare the frosting.