instructions
*Brand confectionery coating.
**Note: Combine Red-Red and Christmas Red for red shown, Golden Yellow and Lemon Yellow for yellow shown and Brown
and Red-Red for brown shown.
Several days in advance: Make fondant boat and trees. For boat, tint 6 oz. fondant brown; add 1/2 teaspoon Gum-Tex.
Roll out 3/8 in. thick and cut 2 strips 1 1/4 x 5 in. using straight-edge wheel of Cutter/Embosser.
Score lines 1/4 in.
apart using Cutter/Embosser. Shape the strips into an oval, attaching short ends with damp brush; on a cake board, positi
on topper inside oval and adjust width as needed.
Let dry on cornstarch-dusted surface, supporting with crushed tissue.
For 4 trees, tint 6 oz. fondant green; add 1/2 teaspoon Gum-Tex. Roll out 3/8 in. thick and cut with tree cutter from set.
Trim off bottom stem and let dry on cornstarch-dusted surface.
Ice smooth 2-layer cake. For bottom border, pipe tip 10 ball rocks in various shapes using gray buttercream. For fish,
pipe tip 10 oval bodies; add tip 3 bead lips and fins.
Pipe tip 2 dot eye. Pipe tip 2 dot message and rising bubbles. Cut
dowel rods to 8 in. long; attach trees with melted candy.
For motor, make a 1 in. white fondant ball; flatten and shape
into an "L". Attach to boat with damp brush. Pipe tip 2 lines on motor.
With spatula, ice top back portion of cake in green.
Insert trees. Pipe tip 16 pull-out star grass around trees. Position boat and topper.