20 times we iced our way to this year’s Mardi Gras

Every party needs a cake, and a Mardi Gras party needs lots and lots of cake. Spatulas at the ready!

Bubblepop electric cupcakes

Bubblepop electric cupcakes Source: Nick Makrides

Nothing lights a party up quite like an extravagant cake. The colour! The engineering! The entrance!

Some cakes are simple to pull together, and others demand sweat as a hidden ingredient (calm down, we don't mean literally!). The sheer dazzle of a great rainbow-hued, towering marvel of a cake is worth every drop.

Incidentally, if you can muster the necessary courage and stamina to bake one of these beauties, you'll be in great shape for the Mardi Gras parade. Just sayin'.

Kissy cupcakes

In his Kiss cupcakes
In his/her kiss cupcakes are surely the definitive Mardi Gras cake experience? Source: The Scran Line
If you wanna know, if he loves you so... make a cupcake.
Nick Makrides
named
these cupcakes
In his kiss, honouring Mardi Gras icon Cher. They bake at a lower, slower temperature, so it takes a little longer.
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Harvey Milk-shake

Tiramisu cupcakes

Somewhere over the rainbow

Rainbow cake
Close your eyes and tap your heels, Dorothy. Source: Chris Middleton
The 'surprise inside'
rainbow cake
has become a much-loved classic. When it's cutting time, it never fails to bring on OTT oohs and ahhs. It tastes like you've found the pot of gold, too.

Time to get naked

Naked cake
Naked never looked so good. Source: Lyndey Milan's Baking Secrets
It's not always about the explosion of colour. A
'naked' celebration cake
says so much while wearing very little.  It's a very easy cake to master, too...
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Luscious ginger layer cake

Neapolitan cupcakes

Sprinkle that confetti

Confetti layer cake
Funfetti straight through to the heart. Source: Alan Benson
When the inside matches the outside, you know you're onto a fine thing. This lush
confetti layer cake
 is sprinkly-good celebration all the way through.
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Chocolate cupcakes with pink velvet icing

Paris brest cupcakes

Living the electric dream

Bubblepop electric cupcakes
These cupcakes look like they could beat us all in a dance off. Source: Nick Makrides
A pink gelatin bubble perches atop of the brightest, most electric cupcake you can muster. To really top it off, these glossy
bubblepop electric cupcake
s have a surprise bubblegum gooey centre. Pop!

Glam it up

The Glamington
The Glamington deserves to make an appearance at a fabulous soiree. Source: Bake Australia Great by Katherine Sabbath
What do you get when a lamington dresses up for a big night out? A glamington, of course! The lamington is magicked into an elegant layered cake with
this fairytale recipe
. Colour the coconut for an even bigger celebration cake come Mardi Gras night.
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Fairy bread cake

VoVo cakes

Piñata pop

Rainbow cake
Give us excess and lots of it. Source: China Squirrel
Poh says her rainbow piñata cake is "sheer, unadulterated childish glee". So, perfect for a Mardi Gras party then. All the colour, all the sugar, all the sweet, sweet excess. Poh even mixes some popping candy in with her sprinkles before coating the cake...

You glow, girl

Neon galaxy cupcake
Neon galaxy cupcakes are go! Source: Nick Makrides
You'll need a black light to really make
these strawberry and meringue babies
glow up. Hit the switch and wait for the crowd to go wild. The secret to the glow-in-the-dark magic is all in the tonic water, so splash that beverage around.

Dance the night away

Mardi gras cookie
Pants are optional when making Mardi Gras gingerbread peeps. Source: China Squirrel
Crack open the ginger and spice to get grooving and shaking with
these cute tiny dancers
. Precision icing will be required to make the happy faces - but wonky ones work well for capturing late-night feels.
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Slice of choc-mint heaven

Brazilian passionfruit cake (bolo de maracujá)

Solid gold

Gold cupcakes
Proving once again that all that glitters is gold. Source: Nick Makrides
The perfect edible trophy after a night under the disco ball.
Each gold-plated cupcake
is also filled with gold sprinkles, to really spread the stardust around. Bling on the Mardi Gras!

Watch the 
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2020
 parade LIVE on SBS and SBS On Demand on Saturday 29 February at 7.30pm.
ROYGBIV

Tomato and fontina tart

Orange marmalade tartlets

Yellow chicken rice

'Green bits' pasta

Blue pea flower dumplings

Purple yam jam (ube halaya)

Beetroot dip

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Published 21 February 2020 1:44pm
Updated 25 February 2020 10:09pm
By SBS Food bite-sized
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