Rollercoaster of Fun Cake
Additional Information
Step 1
24 hours in advance: Make heads and arms. For heads, using fondant from natural colors multi-pack, roll eight balls, 3/4 in. dia. each, in desired colors.
For arms, press a small amount of each desired color through decorative press set with circle insert to make eight pieces, 1 1/2 in. long each. Flatten one end slightly, cut three slits and shape into fingers. Let dry.
Step 2
Bake and cool single layer cake. Cut in half.
Step 3
Cut cake board 15 in. x 3 in. and wrap with foil. Place cake halves on board, cut side down, with 2 inches of space between them.
Step 4
Prepare icing and tint portions blue, yellow, brown and black; leave some white. Ice cake halves smooth with blue icing. Build up icing in between cakes to create connecting curve. Pipe lattice lines on side of cakes 1 1/4 in. apart with tip 8 and white icing. Pipe rails on cake tops 1 in. apart with tip 8 and white icing. Pipe outline along top two corners with tip 8 and white icing.
Step 5
Make rollercoaster cars. Using fondant from primary multi-pack, shape portion of each color into rectangle, 2 1/4 in. x 1 in. x 1/2 in. Use tip of knife to cut a small opening for each arm placement on cars and insert arms, securing with piping gel. Attach heads to cars with piping gel.
Step 6
Pipe facial features on faces. For eyes, pipe dots with tip 2 and white icing. For pupils, pipe smaller dots with tip 1 and black icing. For mouth, pipe outlines with tip 1 and black icing.
Step 7
Pipe hair. In yellow car, front passenger, pipe base with tip 2 and ponytail with tip 16 in black icing. For back passenger, pipe pull-out hair with tip 2 and black icing.
In red car, front passenger, pipe pull-out hair with tip 1 and black icing. For back passenger, pipe pull-out hair with tip 1 and brown icing.
In green car, front passenger, pipe base with tip 2 and pigtails with tip 16 in yellow icing. For back passenger, pipe pull-out hair with tip 13 and black icing.
In blue car, front passenger, pipe pull-out hair with tip 2 and yellow icing. For back passenger, pipe pull-out hair with tip 2 and brown icing.
Step 8
Place cars on cake.
Products
Red-Red Icing Color ((Combine Brown with Red-Red for brown icing shown))
Golden Yellow Icing Color ((Combine Lemon Yellow with Golden Yellow for yellow icing shown))
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