Father’s Day Big Mac Cake
Sing it with me!!
“Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun!” Yeah!
I wanted to go BIG! I wanted to go BOLD!
Did I succeed?
This Big Mac Cake has been on my mind for several months. I’ve seen the mini cupcake versions and I’ve seen the more life-like burgers with fondant. Dieter’s Downfall doesn’t do mini and I don’t have the skills to craft lettuce, cheese, and onions from fondant…
So, I went big and easy with this Big Mac Cake.
I made a three layer Yellow Cake that used 8 egg yolks. I hope you saved those egg whites, because today we are making our frosting with 4 of them.
I thought about making a thicker butter cream frosting that would hold up and I could pipe out kinda pretty, but I had all these egg whites and, to be honest, Angel Food Cake still kinda scares me….
Also, have you ever seen a “pretty” Big Mac? Be honest. They are kinda messy and never look they way they do in the commercials or promotional photos, so I think my messy version is spot on.
I’m sure the Dad in your life will enjoy this Big Mac dessert! The kids will enjoy helping to make it and everyone will be impressed!
Rating
Prep time:
Serves: 1 Cake
- 3 Layer Yellow Cake
- 2 Fudgy Brownies
- 4 large egg whites
- 1½ cup sugar
- ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Green, yellow, and orange food coloring
- Put everything, except the vanilla, into a medium bowl. Place the bowl over a pot of simmering water to make a double boiler. Do not let the bowl touch the water. Place a spatchula into the pot to allow the steam to escape.
- Cook mixture over medium-low heat and beat with a hand mixer on medium high speed. It should take seven minutes to achieve stiff peaks.
- Remove from heat and beat in vanilla. Separate into three bowls with food coloring. Whip in the colors being careful not to over whip the frosting. It will turn to liquid and loose all the air bubbles if you over whip.
- Frost immediately or cover with plastic wrap pressing onto the frosting to avoid drying out.
- Level one cake layer and place on a serving tray. I also trimmed the edges of the cake because they were a bit browner than I desired. Place a brownie on top.
- Add some Orange (special sauce), Green (lettuce), and Yellow (cheese) allowing some to drip over the edges.
- Level a second cake and repeat with the brownies and frosting.
- Top with remaining cake and sprinkle on some sesame seeds.
Save the egg whites from the Yellow Cake to make your frosting.
Find the recipe for the Three Layer Yellow Cake HERE.
Find the recipe for the Fudgy Brownies HERE.
This is like the cutest cake! Oh my gosh it just makes me smile when I see it! I bet it is great to eat it!
How sweet! Thanks so much. It was a bit of a mouthful!
That’s such a great idea!
Thanks. Have a great day!
What a fun recipe! I’m sharing via Facebook for sure.
I love it when people share. Thanks so much.
Awesome cake!!! It looks just like a Big Mac!!
So happy to hear it! I’m always nervous about making replicas. Thanks!
This is awesome!!! So creative. Absolutely love it! And it really looks like a Big Mac /)
Success!! I was nervous about the frosting not being “realistic”. Thanks for stopping by!
This is the cutest cake ever. We have a blog hop and would love to have you share your recipes.
Hope to see you there.
Debi and Charly @ Adorned From Above
Thanks so much. Have a great day.
This looks amazing! Great job!!!
Thank you so much.
This is so creative Karyn!! I love it!! And I want to stick my face in the brownie layer!
The Brownies were so good! One of the easiest and best tasting recipes I’ve had.
Very cute!
Thank you.
Awesome cake!
Thanks so much!
Oh my goodness! So funny and unique! And it looks delicious!
Thanks Whitney. It was a lot of fun to make.
This is so fun! Great idea 😉
Thanks so much. I was really nervous about it, but I’m glad it turned out so well.
All you need is a huge glass of Coke to go with it and some fries! Looks amazing!
I thought about getting one from McD, but never got around to it. Thanks
This is so cool Karyn! Amazing!!
Thanks so much Julie!
You cant help but grin when you look at this cake! WOW
Thanks. So glad my Burger Cake brought a smile to your face! Enjoy!
Love this idea! Looks just like a Big Mac too! Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks so much for stopping by Mike! I’m sure you can come up with an adorable cookie version of it!
Bravo Karyn! Any dad would be delighted with a slice of your creative cake…
Thanks so much. I wanted something fun that mom can make and the kids can help with.
OMG, that is awesome Karyn!! I just pinned it to my burger board,lol. 😉
SO cute! My hubby would be thrilled with this for Father’s Day!
Mine did! It’s a great cake for Father’s Day!
SO cute!!!
Thanks!
Now that’s a Big Mac that I could fall in love with!!! So fun!!
Haha! Yes indeed!! thanks
A super fun cake. Perfect for Father’s Day.
Thanks Barbara! I love how it turned out!
Love this cake,ive made one for Father’s Day from our boys.They can’t wait for there dad to see it
Thanks! I hope Dad loved it! It sure does make a big impression.