Rolling Pin
Dressed Up For Deliveries Cake
Ready for a speedy cake delivery for your holiday party? Use quick and easy decorating techniques--ice the cake in buttercream icing, add tinted shredded coconut and candy features on top. Finish with a spice drop candy border!
Ingredients:
- Large chocolate nougat candies
- Black shoestring licorice
- coconut, shredded
- spice drops
Makes:
Cake serves 12.
Techniques Used:
Tools:
- Easy-Add Rudy Reindeer Pan Add to shopping list Rudy Reindeer Pan
- Easy-Add Tip: 1A Add to shopping list Tip: 1A
- Easy-Add Tip: 2 Add to shopping list Tip: 2
- Easy-Add 13 x 19 in. Cake Board Add to shopping list 13 x 19 in. Cake Board
- Easy-Add Fanci-Foil Wrap Add to shopping list Fanci-Foil Wrap
- Easy-Add Angled Spatula Add to shopping list Angled Spatula
- Easy-Add Rolling Pin Add to shopping list Rolling Pin
- pre-made grease-resistant red velvet bow
- zip-close plastic bags
- Waxed paper
Instructions:
Step 1
In advance, tint enough coconut to cover cake top: Place coconut in a plastic bag, add a few drops of brown color and knead into coconut until color is evenly blended.
Step 2
Ice sides and background areas of cake smooth. Add a little red color to light brown icing to achieve shade used.
Step 3
Pipe-in inside of ear, patch around eye and white of eye with tip 2.
Step 4
Roll out one nougat piece with rolling pin and position for pupil. Add tip 2 dot eye highlight.
Step 5
Roll another nougat piece into a ball and position for nose. Pipe tip 1A antlers; add tip 1A band around base of cake.
Step 6
Place tinted coconut on top of cake and white coconut around base. Cut and position licorice mouth and eyelashes.
Step 7
Position spice drops and bow.
