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This naked cake recipe is a great way to get creative by focusing on decorating the top with beautiful fruits and botanicals.

Naked Cake Recipe

This decorative cake, called a naked cake or semi-naked cake, is a style of cake that uses little frosting and focuses on decorating the top with beautiful fruits, flowers, and other botanicals.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Additional Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Course Recipes
Cuisine Dessert
Servings 16
Calories 388 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 box chocolate cake mix and all the ingredients specified, ie, water, oil, eggs
  • 1 4 oz. box of chocolate pudding mix
  • if box mix calls for 2 eggs add a third

Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

  • 4 cups powdered sugar (confectioners' sugar)
  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons milk or cream

Decoration

  • Mix of fruits nuts, herbs and edible flowers

Instructions
 

  • Bake two layers of cake by baking them in round cake pans as directed by the box mix. Also, add an additional egg if the package says 2 eggs. And add in a box of chocolate pudding mix to make the cake extra moist and have a great flavor.
  • Make the frosting by combining the sugar and butter on medium speed. 
  • Add vanilla and mix well
  • Add milk and mix well. You can add more milk if the consistency is not thin enough to spread.
  • Frost the cake using an offset spatula starting with the filling between the two cake layers. Use a baggie with a corner cut, filled with the frosting to pipe a tube around the edge of the bottom layer, then fill in with more frosting.
  • Set the second layer on top of the frosting. Then frost the sides of the cake by barely covering them. It's okay if there are a few crumbs showing through. You can also leave the sides completely "naked."
  • Frost the top just like the filling.
  • Complete the cake with a combination of fresh berries and other fruit, nuts, herbs, and edible fresh flowers as you wish on top of the cake.
  • Place in the refrigerator until you are ready to serve.

Notes

Cover the cake and leave it at room temperature for 1-2 days or in the refrigerator for up to one week.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 388kcalCarbohydrates: 58gProtein: 3gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 63mgSodium: 453mgPotassium: 128mgFiber: 1gSugar: 46gVitamin A: 427IUVitamin C: 0.01mgCalcium: 51mgIron: 1mg

Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.

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