Round Em Up, Pardner Cake

instructions

To make cake even on top, trim off hair, cuffs and tie. Ice sides and top areas smooth with spatula.

Trace pattern on cake top with toothpick. Outline with tip 4.

Cover top of hat, face, hands, shirt, vest, trousers and boots with tip 16 stars. Pipe tip 4 dot eyes, pupils and outline mouth (smooth eyes and pupils with fingers dipped in cornstarch).

Add tip 3 string hair. Pipe tip 4 belt and tip 3 string buckle.

Outline and pipe-in tip 3 stars on boots; pipe tip 6 hat brim, hat band, neck bandana, boot soles and heels. Pipe tip 13 rope lasso and tip 18 rope bottom border.

Print tip 3 name. Add tip 3 dots at points of letters and star, on vest and hat band.