Early Riser Cake

instructions

Bake and cool duck cake using firm-textured batter such as pound cake.

Trim sides of beak to form smaller beak; ice smooth with spatula.

Cover remainder of cake with tip 18 stars. Pipe tip 18 pull-out star wings and tail feathers.

Pipe tip 6 dot eyes and tip 3 string for mouth.

On top of head, pipe a row of tip 18 shells to support ruffle; pipe tip 127 ruffle against shells.

Using tip 9, build up and pull out waddle under chin.