Celebrating in a Big Way Cake

Perky pachyderm cake will have them Celebrating in a Big Way. His nose, ears and feet are cookies you bake and ice ahead of time. For a more mythical look, try the same design in pink!

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Pattern: Elephant Ears, Trunk, Legs

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Makes: Cake serves 12, each cookie serves 1.

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instructions

Roll out cookie dough and cut out ears, trunk, and legs using patterns.

Bake and cool. Prepare royal icing and ice inside of ears, toenails, and end of trunk smooth.

Using tip 3, outline ears and inside ears 3/4 in. from edge, trunk and legs. Using tip 16, star fill in. Set aside to dry.

Using buttercream icing, outline head and eyes on cake.

Cover body and head with tip 16 stars; overpipe stars on head.

Using tip 12, pipe in whites of eyes, pat smooth with finger dipped in cornstarch.

Pipe tip 3 pupils, pat smooth.

Position cookie legs and trunk, prop in position with marshmallows.

Using tip 18, pipe string tail, add tip 3 pull out strings for tail end.