Golden Shimmer Rosette Cake

Choose a wedding cake that unites the rippling textures of ribbons and rosettes with a sparkling center tier. Create the golden shimmer with Color Mist Food Color Spray and the soft green shade using the Color Right Performance Color System.

Amount62 Servings

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Ingredients

24 1/2 cups or your Favorite cake recipe or mix
20 cups Buttercream Frosting
Color Right Performance Food Coloring Set
Gold Color Mist Shimmering Food Color Spray, 1.5 oz.

Tools
6 in. Round Pan
8 in. Round pan
10 in. Round Pan
6 in. Cake Circles
8 in. Cake Circles
10 in. Cake Circles
Decorator Preferred 11 Inch Straight Spatula
Cake plate
Plastic Center Dowel Rods for Tiered, 3-Piece Set
Plastic Support Rods and Caps, 14-Piece
16 in. Disposable Decorating Bags
Open Star Cake Decorating Tip 1M
Large Petal Tip 127
Round Cake Decorating Tip 5
Round Cake Decorating Tip 5 $1.90

Instructions

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Decorate cakes. For 10 in. cake, use tip 1M, a decorating bag and white icing to cover cake with rosettes.

For 6 in. cake, use tip 127, a decorating bag and green icing to pipe bands on cake sides, starting at top edge and overlapping rows as you work toward the bottom. Use tip 5 and green icing to pipe ball bottom border.
Make layered cakes. Bake and cool two 6 in. cake layers, two 8 in. cake layers and two 10 in. cake layers.

Prepare icing following recipe directions. Tint 2 cups icing green. Reserve remaining white.

Level, fill and stack cakes on same-size cake circles for 2-layer cakes, 4 in. high. Use spatula to ice cakes smooth, 6 in. in green, 8 in. and 10 in. cakes in white. Spray 8 in. cake with gold Color Mist food color spray. Let dry, about 30 minutes.

Prepare cakes for stacked construction with center core rods and support rods and caps; stack on cake plate.

Notes

How To

Ball
The ball shape makes bold borders and is the first step to learn for figure piping. Vary the basic look by adding stars, dots or spirals on the ball shapes.
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.
How to Pipe Ruffles
Ruffles add a decorative top border to your cakes or cupcakes. Pipe ruffles around plaques or to trim doll dresses or bonnets.