Surrounded By Shells Square Cake
Additional Information
Step 1
Make cake. Prepare batter following recipe directions. Bake and cool cake. Cake is 5 in. high (three layers: two 2 in. high, one 1 in. high). Place cake on foil-wrappedcake board.
Step 2
Ice cake. Prepare buttercream icing following recipe directions. Tint violet. Use spatula and violet icing to ice cake smooth.
Step 3
Decorate cake. Use cake marker to mark a line around cake, 2 1/2 in. from top edge. Use tip 1M and violet icing to pipe rows of shells at top and bottom borders and at center mark. Use tip 18 and violet icing to pipe shells between top and bottom borders and center row.
Products
Favorite cake recipe or mix
Violet Icing Color
Rose Icing Color ((Combine Violet with Rose for violet shade shown))
Products
8 x 2 in. Square Pan
10 x 14 in. Cake Boards
Fanci-Foil Wrap
food-safe scissors
Tape
12 in. Disposable Decorating Bags
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.