Sparkling Unicorn Cake

Instructions

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1. - One day in advance, make the horn and ears. Using the fondant roller with purple guide rings, roll out some gum paste. Use leaf cut-outs to create two ears. Place in a cornstarch-dusted drying rack, flipping one ear over to create a mirror image. Next, make the horn. Roll two 1 3/8 in. balls of gum paste. Roll into two elongated cones, about 6 1/4 in. long. Using a damp brush, attach the narrow end of the cones together; twist gum paste together. Insert a lollipop stick into the base, going in about 2/3 of the way up the cone. Place in cornstarch-dusted drying rack alongside ears. Let them dry overnight.
2. - Prepare cake batter following the recipe or cake mix instructions, bake two 6 in. cake layers and two 8 in. cake layers until a toothpick in the center comes out clean Cool completely before using the cake leveler, trim the two 6 in. layer to 2-1/2 in. high. Fill and stack layers on 6 in. cake circle for 5 in. high cake. Trim both 8 in. cake layers to 1 1/2 in. high. Fill and stack layers on 8 in. cake circle for 3 in. high cake.
3. - Frost cakes. Using white frosting and spatula, ice 6 in. cake and smooth the top and sides completely. Tint 3 cups frosting gold by adding 7 black, 12 orange, and 45 yellow drops of Color Right food coloring. Using gold frosting and spatula, ice 8 in. cake smooth.
4. -

   Decorate 8 in. cake. To prevent sticking, sprinkle powdered sugar on gold iced cake where the 6 in. circle cake will be placed. Place the 6 in. cake circle on top of 8 in. cake. Place cake on or above a cookie sheet. Carefully press gold pearlized sugars onto the top and sides of the 8 in. cake. Re-use any sugars that fall onto the cookie sheet.

   Helpful Hint: To elevate cake, place empty 6 in. cake pan on a cookie sheet. Place 8 in. cake on empty 6 in. pan.

5. - Prepare 8 in. cake for stacked construction; stack cakes.
6. - Paint ears and horn. Using decorating brush and metallic gold paint, paint the inside of the ears and horn. Insert into 6 in. cake.
7. -

   Tint remaining frosting. Tint frosting light pink, red-pink, medium pink, light purple, pink-purple and medium purple using the Color Right Performance Food Coloring Kit combinations provided. To get just a touch of color, squeeze one drop of color onto plastic wrap, then using a toothpick, add a small amount of color to the frosting.

   • Light Pink: 1/2 cup white frosting + touch of P
   • Red-Pink: 1/2 cup white frosting + 2P + touch of R
   • Medium Pink: 1/4 cup white frosting + 2P + touch of B
   • Light Purple: 1/2 cup white frosting + touch of B + touch of P
   • Pink-Purple: 1/4 cup white frosting + 5P + touch of B
   • Medium Purple: 1/2 cup white frosting + 5P + 2B

   Prepare decorating bags with tips 2D, 4B, 16, 18, 21 and 199. Fill as desired with tinted frosting, mixing and striping bags with complementary colors.

8. - Using rosette and star piping techniques, pipe the unicorn's mane.
9. - Pipe the unicorn's eyes. Tint 1/4 cup of frosting black by adding 9 black drops of Color Right food coloring. Prepare the decorating bag with tip 3 and black frosting. Pipe eyes on front of cake.
10. - Using remaining white frosting, attach star sprinkles to create the cheeks of the unicorn.

How To

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