Dorothy the Dinosaur cake | Women's Weekly Food

Ingredients

• EQUIPMENT
• 2 x deep 23cm square pans
• 50cm x 40cm prepared cake board
• CARROT CAKE
• 2 cups (500ml) vegetable oil
• 6 eggs
• 4 1/2 cups (675g) self-raising flour
• 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 3/4 cup (60g) desiccated coconut
• 3 cups (660g) brown sugar
• 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 6 cups coarsely grated (about 12 medium) carrots
• MODELLING CHOCOLATE
• 200g white chocolate, chopped finely
• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup or liquid glucose
• BUTTER FROSTING
• 375g butter, softened
• 4 1/2 cups (720g) icing sugar mixture
• 1/2 cups (125ml) milk, at room temperature
• green food colouring
• CHOCOLATE SPOTS
• 100g white chocolate, melted
• yellow food colouring
• DECORATIONS
• small silk flowers
• tube of black writing icing