Baby Romper Ducky Cake

Make this sweet cake to greet the little duckling! It's an easy-to-decorate design, with the cake made in the Jersey Cake Pan and the baby-soft colors tinted using the Color Right Performance Color System.

AmountCake serves 12.

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Ingredients

4 1/2 cups of your Favorite cake recipe or mix
4 cups Buttercream Frosting
Color Right Performance Food Coloring Set
Ready-To-Use Orange Icing Tube
Black Ready-To-Use Icing Tube

Tools
T-Shirt-Shaped Cake Pan
Cake plate
Decorator Preferred 11 Inch Straight Spatula
Nesting Circles Cookie Cutter Set, 4-Piece
12 in. Disposable Decorating Bags
Standard Coupler
#7 Round Piping Tip
#102 Petal Piping Tip
Round Cake Decorating Tip 2
Round Cake Decorating Tip 12
Standard Open Star Tip 13
Coupler Rings 4 Piece

Instructions

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Make cake. Bake and cool cake.

Prepare icing following recipe directions. Tint icing green and yellow following color formulas. Reserve remaining white icing. Use spatula and white icing to ice cake smooth. Use largest cutter to mark two leg openings. Use second largest cutter to mark neck opening.
Decorate cake. Use tip 7, a decorating bag with coupler and green icing to outline romper area on cake top and sides. Use spatula and green icing to ice romper area smooth.

Use tip 102 and green icing to pipe zigzag cuffs. Use tip 7 Use tip 2, a cut disposable decorating bag and yellow icing to pipe line and dots next to cuffs. Use tip 7 and green icing to outline neck and leg openings, placket below neck opening and flap between leg openings. Use tip 2, a decorating bag and yellow icing to pipe line and dots next to cuffs. Use tip 7 and white icing to pipe dot buttons.
Decorate duck. Use tip 12 and yellow icing to pipe dot head and pull-out dot body. Use tip 13 and yellow icing to pipe pull-out wing and hair tuft. Use tip 2 and orange tube icing to pipe pull-out beak. Use tip 2 and black tube icing to pipe dot eye.

Notes

How To

Ball
The ball shape makes bold borders and is the first step to learn for figure piping. Vary the basic look by adding stars, dots or spirals on the ball shapes.
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.
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 Pull-Out Star
The star tip creates the most celebrated, easily accomplished decorations! The pull-out star technique can be used for fun, furry creatures, or for textured hair for your cakes.