Pull out all the stops‹and hit all the exciting spots for this colorful first birthday cake. The top cake, made in our #1 Pan, is stacked on two Long Loaf cakes for the big impact the day deserves. Trimmed with fondant flames and garlands of colorful dots.
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Makes: Cake serves 30.
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*Combine Violet with Rose for violet shown.
In advance: Make fondant flames. Tint two 1 1/2 in. balls of fondant each
yellow and orange; roll out 1/8 in. thick. Cut yellow flame using large leaf
and orange flame using medium leaf Cut-Out. Attach orange flame to yellow
flame with damp brush. Let dry on cornstarch-dusted board.
Bake and cool two loaf cakes and #1 cake. Trim front side of #1 cake to fit
flush against loaf cake. Trim loaf cakes to 2 in. high. Cut one loaf to 12
in. long; cut the 4 in. section in half and position on full-size loaf for
an 18 in. long cake. Ice cakes smooth. Roll out white fondant 1/8 in. thick.
Using medium round Cut-Out, cut 25 circles and attach to loaf cakes in
garland formation. Tint 2 oz. portions of fondant each rose, violet, blue,
orange; roll out 1/8 in. thick. Cut 6 violet, pink and blue circles and 7
orange circles using small round Cut-Out. Attach small to medium circles
with damp brush. Cut name using alphabet Cut-Outs; position on cake.
Position cakes. Pipe tip 21 shell borders on loaves. Pipe tip 7 top and
bottom bead borders on #1 cake; edge white number with tip 4 beads. Attach
flame to cookie stick wick with thinned fondant adhesive. Insert stick in
cake, leaving 4 in. extended.