Every kid wants a puppy! Use the animal crackers pan and half a sports ball pan to construct this cute puppy cake. Add roll out cookies hat, paw and tail. Now all you need is a doghouse!
In advance: Make cookies. Prepare and roll out dough. Use patterns and knife to cut out hat, bottom paw and tail; bake and cool cookies. Ice hat smooth and attach lollipop stick to back with melted candy. Let set.
Step 2
Bake and cool Animal Crackers cake and 1/2 Sports Ball cake. Trim bottom of ears off Animal Crackers cake. Trim 1 3/4 in. off top edge of Sports Ball cake (neck) and 1 1/2 in. off bottom. Position cakes next to each other on foil-wrapped cake board; join with icing. Position paw and tail on board, securing with icing. Use toothpick to trace front and back leg patterns on cake and build up area with tip 12. Pipe whites of eyes with tip 7 (smooth with finger dipped in cornstarch). Pipe tip 7 dot pupils and nose; smooth; pipe tip 4 mouth and bead tongue; smooth. Pipe tip 16 star spots and tip 4 outline claws. Cover remainder of cake with tip 16 stars; Build up muzzle area. Pipe tip 3 dot whiskers on muzzle. Insert hat in cake; pipe tip 3 message, pull-out fringe and pom-poms.
One of the most popular techniques, stars come in a range of sizes and styles. Experiment with open and closed stars for variation in look. The star technique is timeless and can be used as a classic border or as a stunning fill-in for the top of a dessert.
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Spookygirl from
This is a Great Pan can be used for many animals.
Date published: 2013-03-05
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Elizabeth from
I made this cake for my son Jeremiah's 1st birthday and it was such a hit. I did not have the ball pan so I used a normal round and trimmed it to be the right proportions for the body. I also used the cake trimmings to make the paws and tail. It looked so cute and even though I was tired of stars by the end it was fun to embellish this little guy with a collar and such. I also set him on top of a 1/2 sheet as a base. I covered that with grass and I had the perfect amount of cake for all my guests.
Date published: 2011-05-15
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cakesbyb from
I did this cake for a charity event and left off the hat. It was cute and they loved it!
