Add a Chocolate Monogram Cake
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Step 1
2 days in advance, make 28 pompon flowers using royal icing and tips 12, 16, 18 and flower nail. Make extras to allow for breakage and let dry.
Step 2
Bake and cool 2-layer cake. Ice smooth in chocolate decorator icing.
Step 3
Using tip 12, pipe initial on cake top. Using a toothpick mark your scroll design on side of cake. Outline using tip 8; pipe lower scroll using tip 6. Pipe dots using tip 5. Add tip 6 bead border on top edge. Pipe tip 12 bottom bead border. Attach flowers using dots of icing.
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