Americana Wave Sheet Cake

The stars and stripes are waving proudly on this easy zigzag sheet cake design. Decorating with patriotic spirit is easy using red, white and blue Wilton Icing Pouches with Tips and tip 150.

Amount36 Servings

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Ingredients

10 cups of your Favorite cupcake recipe or mix
1 pound can Ready-To-Use White Decorator Icing - 1 lb. Can
Red Icing Pouch with Tips

Tools
9 x 13 in. Sheet Pan
10 x 16 Non-Stick Cooling Rack
Decorator Preferred 11 Inch Straight Spatula
Toothpick
Coupler Rings 4 Piece
Petal Cake Decorating Tip 150
Nesting Star Biscuit Cutter Set, 4-Piece

Instructions

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Make cake. Prepare batter following recipe directions. Bake and cool cake. Use spatula and white decorator icing to lightly ice cake smooth.
Decorate zigzag stripes. Looking down at the top of the cake, use toothpick to mark triangles on bottom edge of cake, 1 in. high x 1 1/2 in. wide at bottom and 3/4 in. apart, starting at 3/4 in. from left edge of cake. Use blue icing pouch with tip 150 to pipe zigzag lines to fill in triangles. Use white icing pouch with tip 150 to pipe four zigzag lines above triangles across the cake top. Repeat with four blue zigzag lines above white lines. Repeat pattern to cover cake top.
Decorate center star. Gently imprint red star cutter in center of cake top. Use red icing pouch with star tip to outline star area and fill in with stars. Overpipe outline.
Decorate bottom border. Use red icing pouch with star tip to pipe star bottom border.

Notes

How To

How to Pipe an Outline
Characters or designs are often outlined first, then piped in with stars or zigzags. Outlines can also be used for facial features.
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.