That Cracks Me Up! Cake
Additional Information
Step 1
Cut and bake four tulip cookies. After cooling, cut bottom off two cookies, angled to fit against cake sides for wings. Ice bottom cookie feet smooth in orange buttercream; let crust.
Step 2
Mark face pattern on cake with toothpick. Outline shell and cracks with tip 4. Pipe tip 4 whites of eyes (pat smooth with finger dipped in cornstarch); add tip 4 pupils (pat smooth).
Step 3
Pipe tip 7 mound for beak; shape with finger. Pipe tip 3 line across beak. Cover face with tip 16 stars, egg with tip 18 stars.
Step 4
For legs, cut two dowel rods to 8 in. Using tip 4, cover bottom 3 1/2 in. of each rod with orange buttercream; smooth.
Step 5
Insert uncovered portion of rods into cake, 1 in. up from bottom.
Step 6
Cover tops of feet cookies with tip 18 stars; attach to legs with icing, resting bottom edge against cake board.
Step 7
Position wing cookies against cake sides, propping up with marshmallows. Beginning at tips, cover wings with tip 352 pull out feathers.
Products
Lemon Yellow Icing Color
Golden Yellow Icing Color
Orange Icing Color
Black Icing Color
Large marshmallows
cornstarch
Products
First and Ten Football Pan ((carve down sides to form egg shape))
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Cake Board
Fanci-Foil Wrap