Baseball Mitt Cake

Step 1

We suggest that you tint all icing at one time while cake cools. Refrigerate tinted icing in covered containers until ready to use. Bring to room temperature for decorating.

Make 2 2/3 cups buttercream icing
• Tint 1 3/4 cups brown - combine Brown and Red-Red
• Tint 1/4 cup light brown - combine Brown and Red-Red (thin with 1/2 teaspoon light corn syrup)
• Tint 1/3 cup dark brown - combine Brown and Red-Red
• Tint 1/4 cup red - use Christmas Red
• Reserve 1/3 cup white (thin with 1/2 teaspoon light corn syrup)

Step 2

Step 3

Decorate in Order:

Trace pan shape on cake board. Cut board and wrap with Fanci-Foil Wrap. Position cake on board. Ice baseball with thinned white icing. Smooth with finger dipped in cornstarch.

Step 4

Use tip 3 to outline stitching on baseball with red icing.

Step 5

Ice pocket area smooth with thinned light brown icing. Use tip 8 to outline stitching in this area with light brown icing. Use tip 8 to pipe top of pocket are in dark brown icing.

Step 6

Use tip 4 to pipe stitching on glove with dark brown icing.

Step 7

Use tip 16 to cover top and sides of glove with stars with brown icing.

Step 8

Use tip 8 to outline thick stitching in dark brown icing. Smooth with finger dipped in cornstarch.