The Judges Have Spoken Cake
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Step 1
In advance, tint dough copper and cut four heads using round cutter. Bake and cool.
Step 2
Attach sticks to backs with buttercream. Pipe tip 4 pull out, swirl and stripe hair. Add tip 3 dot and string eyes and mouths, tip 6 dot noses and ears.
Step 3
Ice long loaf cake smooth. Position four mini wonder mold cakes on boards cut to fit.
Step 4
Ice cakes smooth with buttercream, insert head cookies into mini cakes. Cut eight dowel rod pieces 3 1/2 in. long.
Step 5
Fill a bag with buttercream and tip 2A; insert dowel over tip and squeeze icing onto the dowel rod (smooth with finger dipped in cornstarch).
Step 6
Insert dowel rod upright in cake sides for arms. Add tip 12 ball hands and tip 4 pull out dot fingers.
Step 7
Decorate shirts with tip 4 dots and outline checks, tip 2 strings and swirls. Pipe tip 3 waistbands.
Step 8
Position mini cakes on long loaf cake. Pipe tip 1A pull out legs and tip 12 shoes. Pipe tip 32 shell bottom border; print tip 4 message.
Step 9
Cut parchment into four 3 x 5 in. squares and write "10" score. Attach parchment with icing.