Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Wall Cake

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Ingredients

Buttercream Frosting
Brown Icing Color
Copper Icing Color
Pink Icing Color
Willow Green Icing Color
Marshmallows

Tools
8 in. Square Pan
Knife
Toothpick
Egg cake pan
Taffy apple sticks
Large Round Tip 2A
Round Cake Decorating Tip 4
Standard Round Tip 8
Leaf Decorating Tip 67 Carded
Petal Cake Decorating Tip 104
No. 190 Drop Flower Decorating Tip

Instructions

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The Wall: Bake a cake in a 8 inch square pan, cut it in half and stack halves together with filling for wall shape. Ice thickly with pale brown buttercream and mark off "bricks" with toothpick.
Humpty: Bake two half egg cakes in an egg-shaped pan. Chill and trim halves flat with sharp knife. Ice the flat sides and push part of taffy apple sticks into one half, then gently press halves together, pushing second half onto stick as you do. Cut off a slice of resulting "egg" so Humpty can "sit." Push a taffy apple stick up into each half of "egg" then very gently push egg and 2 sticks down onto wall.
Ice Humpty's body half flesh color, half pale green. Ice rolled-out marshmallows for ears and a miniature one for nose, attaching all with toothpicks. Figure pipe arms and legs with tip 2A, hands with tip 4. Do shoes ahead with tip 8, using royal icing so they stand out stiff. Use tip 2A again for cheeks, eyes and pupils, piping these right on cake and flattening with a fingertip. Use 2A also for buttons. Do collar and bow with tip 104. Arrange pink drop flowers made ahead with tip 190 and 191 at bottom of wall, pipe leaves between with tip 67. Add top hat!

Notes

How To

How to Pipe Swirl Drop Flowers
Made by adding a simple twist motion, swirl drop flowers have petals with a bit more flair and dimension, leading to open-looking Blossoms.
How to Pipe Icing Leaves
Make a simple, versatile leaf to add realistic details to flowers. Leaf tips can also be used to make simple flowers, such as sunflowers.