Totally Textured Birthday Cake

Decorated with fun dots, stars and lines, this Totally Textured Birthday Cake is just as pretty to look at as it is easy to make. Start with your favorite cake mix or recipe, then use Wilton icing colors to tint icing in bright shades of orange, pink and blue. Finally, use simple piping techniques to decorate your cake with texture and color. A wonderful way to celebrate the special fashionista in your life, this cake will be runway-ready in no time!

Skill LevelBeginner

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Instructions

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Bake cakes. Prepare cake batter following recipe instructions. Bake and cool two cake layers. Level layers to 2½ in. high. Fill and stack layers for 5 in. high cake.
Using white icing, ice cake smooth.
Tint icing. Tint ¼ cup white icing each blue, dark teal, yellow, coral and orange using color combinations provided. Combine Royal Blue and Violet icing colors to get blue color shown. Combine Teal and Kelly Green icing colors to get dark teal color shown. Combine Golden Yellow and Lemon Yellow icing colors to get yellow color shown. Combine Pink and Orange icing colors to get coral color shown. Combine Creamy Peach and Orange icing colors to get orange color shown. Using Rose icing color, tint ¼ cup icing pink.
Decorate cake. Using ruler and toothpick, mark vertical lines every ¾ in. around sides of cake. Prepare six decorating bags with couplers. Fill separately with blue, dark teal, yellow, coral, orange and pink icing.
Alternating colors and tips, pipe dots, stars and lines randomly along vertical lines (we used tip 14 for the yellow and orange stars and tip 16 for the other stars, but you can do whatever you’d like!).

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How To

How to Pipe a Star
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.
How to Pipe Dots
Perfect for classic borders or cloudlike decorations, dots are a versatile technique that can be piped in a range of sizes. The dot technique can be used as a simple border for cakes and cookies, as well as for icing cupcakes or piping meringues.