4th of July Cookie Cake

Instructions

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1. - Prepare Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie per recipe instructions in a 12-inch Performance Pans Aluminum Round Cake Pan. After baking, transfer to a cooling rack.
2. - Allow giant cookie to cool completely, then slice into 8 wedges.
3. - Divide buttercream frosting into three parts. Tint one portion with Red Gel Food Coloring, tint a second portion with Blue Gel Food Coloring, and leave the third portion the natural/white buttercream color. Add each portion to separate decorating bags fitted with a coupler and Decorating Tip #32.
4. -

   Pipe alternating borders on each cookie wedge, repeating each border pattern on the opposite wedge. Some suggested border patterns:

   1. Alternating red, white, and blue stars
   2. Red zig zags
   3. White shells
   4. Blue zig zags
5. -

   Melt Candy Melts, one color at a time, according to package directions. Working one color at a time, place melted candy into a decorating bag and snip off the tip with scissors. Pipe the following designs onto a large piece of wax paper (Tip: you may wish to create multiple of each so you have many to choose from for size and in case any break when removing from the wax paper):

   1. Create red and blue fireworks by piping red and blue starbursts, alternating which color is on top and bottom. Make a larger firework that will fit in the center of a cookie wedge, and a few smaller fireworks to both place on another wedge together. While the top Candy Melts layer is still wet, sprinkle with Edible Glitter Silver Stars.
   2. Small but thick U-S-A letters (red U, white S, and blue A).
   3. Small red, white, and blue spirals.
   4. Small red, white, and blue stars.
6. - While each decorating bag of Candy Melts are still melted, pipe zig zag stripes on the cookie wedges with red borders, being careful to stay within the cut edges of the wedge. Sprinkle the top layer with red and blue Jimmies while the candy is still wet.
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   Allow the Candy Melts designs on the wax paper to cool and dry completely (you can also chill them to expedite the process). Carefully remove the dried decorations from the wax paper. Using a little bit of buttercream frosting to secure them to the cookie, attach the designs to the cookie wedges as follows (or feel free to arrange them your own way):

   1. Place the fireworks on the cookie wedges with the white borders.
   2. Place the USA letters and a few spirals on the cookie wedges with the blue borders.
   3. Place several stars on the cookie wedges with the alternating red, white, and blue star borders.