Green Leaf Tip Square Cake
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Step 1
Make cake. Prepare batter following recipe directions. Bake and cool cake. Cake is three-layers. Trim one layer to 1 in. high for a 5 in. high tier. Place on foil-wrapped cake board, cut to fit.
Step 2
Decorate cake. Prepare buttercream icing following recipe directions. Tint three shades of green: light, medium and dark. Use spatula and medium green icing to ice cake smooth.
Use tip 366 and dark green icing to pipe shell-motion leaves, beginning at bottom border and then around cake. Move tip up 3/8 in. and use tip 366 and light green icing to pipe a row of shell-motion leaves, followed by a row of medium green icing shell-motion leaves. Repeat, alternating icing colors to pipe rows of shell-motion leaves and cover cake sides.
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The Shell is the most popular icing technique of all. It's the basis for many borders, fleurs de lis and more. Lift the tip only slightly when piping to avoid a bumpy look.
Make a simple, versatile leaf to add realistic details to flowers. Leaf tips can also be used to make simple flowers, such as sunflowers.