Tiger Tail Cake Recipes

ALICE MEDRICH'S TIGER CAKE

Steps:

• Position a rack in the lower third of your oven and pre-heat to 350 degrees F.
• If using a 10 or 12" tube or bundt pan, grease and flour the pan; if using two 6-cup loaf pans, line the pans with parchment.
• In a small bowl, mix the cocoa, 1/2 cup sugar and 1/3 cup water together until well blended; set aside.
• Mix the flour, baking powder, salt thoroughly and sift together onto a piece of waxed paper; set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl (with the whisk attachment if you have it), beat the sugar, oil, vanilla and pepper until well blended.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Stop the mixer and add one third of the flour mixture; beat on low speed until just blended.
• Stop the mixer and add half the milk; beat on low until just blended.
• Repeat with another third of the flour, the remaining milk and the rest of the flour.
• Pour three cups of the batter into another bowl and stir in the cocoa mixture.
• Pour one third of the plain batter into the prepared pan (or divide between the two loaf pans)and top with one third of the chocolate batter.
• Repeat with the remaining batters, but don't worry about marbling--it happens by itself during the baking.
• Bake until a cake tester comes out clean, about one hour and ten minutes for either the bundt/tube pan or the loaf pans.
• Cool in the pan(s) on a rack for 15 minutes. Loosen the cake from the sides of the pan(s) to release, invert and invert again so the cake ends up right side up on the rack.
• Cool completely before slicing.

TIGER TAIL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Liberally grease two 8″ or 10″ round cake pans with vegetable shortening, and/or spray with baking spray.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and pudding mix in a large mixing bowl. Add in eggs and water, beating just until smooth.
• Carefully add melted butter to the batter, mixing on medium speed until smooth.
• Divide batter into two bowls, with about 2/3 of the batter in one, and 1/3 in the other.
• Flavor the larger batch with orange extract, tint orange. Flavor the smaller batch with anise extract, tint black. Stir both until everything is fully incorporated and smooth.
• Divide batter among prepared cake pans, using whatever marbling technique that you prefer. (Random globs work best for this recipe.) To marble the batters, use a butter knife, held straight up-and-down. Starting at one side of the pan, run the knife through the batter in a long zig zag motion - hitting both the "top" and "bottom" of the pan, from your view - all the way to the other side. Then, turn the pan 90 degrees, and repeat.
• Bake until golden and knife inserted into center of batter comes out clean and cake springs back - about 45-60 minutes.
• Allow to cool 10-15 minutes before turning cakes out onto baking rack to cool fully. Ideally, allow to cool to room temperature, wrap tightly with plastic wrap. Allow cake to sit overnight, make frosting & ice cake the following day.
• Prepare either American or Swiss meringue buttercream, using orange or anise extract to flavor it to taste. Tint orange or black, as desired.

COPYCAT DISNEY TIGGER TAILS

Steps:

• Put 4 marshmallows on the end of each bamboo skewer. Line a baking sheet with wax paper, spray with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
• Pour caramel bits in a microwave safe bowl, add water and microwave for 2 minutes. Remove and stir until smooth. Dip each marshmallow stick in caramel until completely covered and set on prepared baking dish. Let cool completely (you can put them in the fridge to speed up this process). Once cool, trim extra caramel from the edges of the marshmallows with kitchen shears.
• Place almond bark in a microwave safe bowl and microwave in 2 minute intervals, stirring in between, until melted. Using a spoon, cover each stick in white chocolate and cover completely in orange sugar crystals. Set back on baking sheet and let cool until they are set up.
• Melt chocolate chips in a bowl and pour into a Ziploc bag. Cut the tip off one corner of the Ziploc bag and pipe melted chocolate over marshmallow sticks to create stripes. Let set up and serve.

FINNISH TIIKERIKKAKKU, TIGER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Grease and flour a bundt pan.
• Beat butter and sugar together until creamy.
• Sift together flour and baking powder.
• Alternatively, add eggs and flour to the batter until all are combined.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Place 1/3 of cake batter into separate mixing bowl; stir in cocoa and juice of 1/2 orange.
• In original bowl, stir in all of orange zest and juice of remaining 1/2 orange.
• Spread 1/3 of orange batter evenly in bottom of bundt pan.
• Gently dribble half of chocolate batter on top with a spoon or frosting bag.
• Repeat layers, ending with orange batter on top.
• Bake on center rack of oven for 1 hour or until cake tests done.