Spaghetti and Meatballs Cake

Kids LOVE this cake – there is a pic of it under my gallery….

Spaghetti and Meatballs Cake

Ingredients

  • Banana Cake:
  • 3 C all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ tsp baking powder
  • 1 ½ tsp baking soda
  • 1 ½ tsp salt
  • ¾ C unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 ⅔ C granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 3 ripe bananas, mashed (about 1 ¼ C) (best if hand-mashed with a fork)
  • 1 ½ C buttermilk
  • 1 ½ C very finely chopped walnuts
  • Chocolate Meatballs:

  • 4 oz cream cheese, softened
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • Pinch of salt
  • 2 C confectioners sugar, sifted
  • 6 oz semisweet-chocolate chips, melted and cooled
  • 1 C very finely chopped walnuts
  • Buttercream Frosting:

  • 1 ½ C unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 (1-lb) boxes confectioners sugar, sifted
  • 1 ¼ Tbsp each vanilla extract, milk
  • 8 drops yellow food coloring
  • 1/4 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
  • Tomato Sauce and Parmesan

  • 2 (10.25-oz) jars strawberry preserves
  • ½ C White chocolate shavings

Instructions

  1. 1. Cake: Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 13 x 9 x 2in. baking pan. In medium bowl, whisk (by hand) flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In large bowl, beat butter until creamy. Add sugar and beat on high until light and fluffy. Add in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in banana, then buttermilk. On low speed, gradually beat in flour mixture just until incorporated; stir in walnuts. Pour batter into pan, spread as evenly as possible. Bake 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center tests clean. Cool cake in pan 30 minutes on rack; invert onto rack; let cool. Invert cake onto oval serving platter with flat surface of at least 13 x 9 inches. Cover; refrigerate 3 hours or up to 1 day.
  2. 2. Meatballs: In medium bowl, beat cream cheese until creamy and smooth; beat in vanilla and salt. On low, gradually beat in sugar, then chocolate. Stir in nuts. Using 1 ¾ inch diameter ice cream scoop, scoop chocolate mixture to form about 23 meatballs. Roll each in hands into a ball. Cover; refrigerate (can be made 2 days ahead of time)
  3. 3. With thin serrated knife, trim cake to fit platter; cut off edges and corners, cutting downward on diagonal to make oval mound. Remove cake pieces; brush crumbs off platter.
  4. 4. Frosting: In large bowl, beat butter until creamy. On low, gradually beat in sugar. Beat in vanilla and milk. Add food coloring and cocoa; beat until color resembles cooked spaghetti. Using offset metal spatula, spread 2 cups frosting in even, thin coat over cake.
  5. 5. Spaghetti: Fill 16-in. pastry bag half full with some of remaining frosting and fit with #5 plain tip (1/8 in.). Beginning at bottom edge of cake, pipe spaghetti strands around sides, looping and overlapping on already piped strands, and working upward. Using up frosting and refilling bag half full as needed, continue piping so strands are densely piped around sides; extend those near top slightly higher than top edge, creating a well.
  6. 6. Sauce: In small saucepan, heat preserves over very low heat, stirring, until just barely warm and liquidated (do not overheat). Transfer 1/2 cup sauce to a small bowl. Spoon remaining sauce into well on top of cake; spread to fill well, letting drips of sauce come over top edge of spaghetti.
  7. 7. Put meatballs, a few at a time, in sauce in dish; roll to coat. Transfer to sauce on top of cake. Repeat with remaining meatballs. Brush any remaining sauce from dish over any uncoated meatballs. Either place meatballs on top of cake, or for a more secure cake, fasten meatballs into place with toothpicks.
  8. 8. Using a vegetable peeler, shave white chocolate Parmesan over top, if desired. (Can be made and refrigerated up to 1 day ahead.) Serve at room temperature.
  9. ENJOY!
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  11. Um, not on Weight Watchers…..

Comments (2)

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the picture looks awesome. do you mind if i try something like this? how do you think it would look to make the meatballs out of chocolate cake balls made with chocolate cake crumbs and a icing similar to the color of the sauce or chocolate frosting? and not coat them with a outer crust like you would normally do with a cake ball? maybe make the cake the shape of a bowl kinda like your tea cup picture with a piece of cake or rice krispy treat covered in fondant and painted like a piece of garlic toast sticking out the side with a gumpaste fork on the other side? sorry i just totally love this cake. how cool would it be to take this cake to a potluck dinner somewhere