Ants on a Log Cake

Votes: 1

Time: 50 min.
Complexity: average
Quantity: 3 cakes

This playful cake, with its equally cheerful name, was inspired by the popular American snack "Ants on a Log," which American children have been making for over half a century. It's a piece of celery spread with peanut butter and covered with raisin ants crawling on it. This easy-to-make cake is exactly like that snack, only several times larger. The celery logs are pound cakes painted green icing, topped with a trail of peanut butter frosting. The ants on these large logs are several prunes.

The recipes use measuring containers with the following volumes:
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

Ingredients for the recipe:

3 frozen pound cakes weighing 450 grams each.
2 packages (450 g each) white cream glaze
110 g unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup creamy peanut butter
2/3 cup powdered sugar
Green and yellow food coloring
12 pitted prunes

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Cooking the dish according to the recipe:

Using a serrated knife, trim the long edges of each pound cake at an angle. Then, using a knife, cut a long channel 1 cm deep and 6 cm wide down the center of each cake.

Frost the entire cupcake except the bottom of the channel. Use the back of a fork to make grooves in the frosting. Place the cupcakes in the freezer to set, about 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, prepare the peanut butter filling:

In a large bowl, beat the butter and peanut butter with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy. Beat in the powdered sugar on low speed until smooth.

In a small bowl, combine a few drops of green food coloring with a drop of yellow food coloring and add a splash of water. Use the coloring to color the icing. If necessary, adjust the saturation or hue by adding more food coloring or water.