All Ears Elephant Cake
Additional Information
Step 1
1 DAY IN ADVANCE
Make cookie. Prepare and roll out cookie dough following recipe directions. Use knife and pattern to cut head and trunk in one piece. Bake and cool cookie.
Step 2
Bake and cool butterfly cake. Cake is one layer, 2 in. high. Place cake on foil-wrapped board, cut to fit.
Step 3
Decorate cake. Prepare buttercream icing following recipe directions. Tint portions rose petal pink from 4-color pastel icing color set, leaf green/moss green combination (for light and dark green), violet/cornflower blue combination (for violet) and black.
Use spatula and icing to ice cake sides smooth in light green and top smooth in pink. Use tip 4 and violet icing to outline ears. Use tip 18 and violet icing to pipe three rows of stars starting at edge of cake. Use tip 18 and icing to attach cookie to cake top.
Step 4
Decorate head and trunk. Use purple marker from fine tip neon colors FoodWriter edible marker set to draw features on cookie. Use tip 4 and black icing to pipe in eyes. Pat smooth with finger dipped in cornstarch. Use tip 4 and violet icing to pipe outline mouth and trunk sections. Use tip 18 and violet icing to fill in face and trunk with stars. Support trunk with large marshmallows as needed.
Step 5
Decorate border. Use tip 70 and dark green icing to pipe leaf bottom border.
Products
FoodWriters? Finetip Neon Colors Edible Color Markers ((purple used))
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Leaf Green Icing Color
Moss Green Icing Color
Violet Icing Color
Cornflower Blue Icing Color
Black Icing Color
Large marshmallows
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14 x 20 in. Jumbo Aluminum Cookie Sheet
10 x 14 in. Cake Boards
Fanci-Foil Wrap
Make a simple, versatile leaf to add realistic details to flowers. Leaf tips can also be used to make simple flowers, such as sunflowers.
The star tip creates the most celebrated, easily accomplished decorations! The serrated edges of the star tip make ridges in the icing as you squeeze it out. Because fill in requires so much piping from the same bag, keep replenishing icing in bag.