Crown of Flowers Cake

Instructions

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1. -

   Bake Cake. Prepare cake batter following recipe instructions. Bake and cool two cake layers. Trim one layer to 2 in. high.

   Fill and stack layers for 5 in. high cake.

2. -

   Tint Icing. Tint 3 cups white icing navy using color combination provided.

   Combine Royal Blue and Juniper Green icing colors to get navy color shown. Combine Rose and Black icing colors to get dusty mauve color shown. Combine Rose and Sky Blue icing colors to get deep magenta color shown. Combine Rose and Lemon Yellow icing colors to get salmon color shown.

   Tint ½ cup white icing each dusty mauve, deep magenta and salmon using color combinations provided. Using touch of Red-Red icing color, tint ½ cup white icing pink.

   Using Juniper Green icing color, tint ¼ cup white icing dark green.

   Using navy icing, ice cake smooth.

3. -

   Decorate cake. Prepare decorating bags with tips from kit and icing colors, as follows:

   Tip 1M and salmon icing

   Tip 32 and pink icing

   Tip 18 and dusty mauve icing

   Tip 3 and deep magenta icing

   Tip 352 and dark green icing

   Using bags with tips 1M, 32 and 18, pipe rosettes and stars around upper third of cake.

   Using bag with tip 3, pipe dots for centers of flowers and accents.

   Using bag with tip 352, pipe leaves.

How To

How to Pipe A Rosette

Learn how to pipe beautiful rosettes, big and small, to add charming floral accents. Rosettes are a great way to create quick decorations. Different tips create different petal effects. Rosettes can be used to add a simple floral accent to a dessert, or cover a cake and cupcakes.