Minnie Mouse Cake
Minnie’s style will make any birthday boy or girl smile! A great cake for beginning decorators, this cake uses the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse pan – just add a pink gum paste or fondant bow. It’s perfect for themed birthdays and Disney parties.
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Skill LevelBeginnerAmountCake serves 12
Ingredients
Ready-To-Use Gum Paste
Black Icing Color
Copper Icing Color
Creamy Peach Icing Color
Rose Icing Color
Buttercream Frosting
cornstarch
Gum Glue Adhesive
Tools
Fondant Roller, 9-Inch
Roll and Cut Fondant Mat
Knife
Fondant and Gum Paste Tools Set, 10-Piece
Cake Board
Large Round Tip 2A
Decorator Brush Set
Ruler
Aluminum Mickey Mouse Cake Pan
Fanci-Foil Wrap
Round Cake Decorating Tip 3
Open Star Cake Decorating Tip 16
Instructions
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In advance: Make bow. Tint 6 oz. of gum paste rose. Roll out 1/8 in. thick. Using Bow Patterns and knife, cut one bottom and two top sections. Score lines with veining tool from set following pattern. Let dry on cornstarch-dusted board. Attach top sections to bottom with gum glue adhesive.
Also: Make polka dots. Roll out white gum paste 1/16 in. thick. Cut circles using wide end of tip 2A. Attach to bow with gum glue adhesive.
And: Make knot. Roll a 1/2 x 2 in. long log of rose gum paste. Flatten to 3/4 in. wide. Taper one end and attach for knot with gum glue adhesive.
- Bake and cool Minnie Mouse cake. Position on foil-wrapped cake board cut to fit.
- Outline facial features with tip 3 and black buttercream icing. Pipe in eyes with white, mouth and pupils with black and tongue with peach (smooth with finger dipped in cornstarch).
- Cover top of head, nose and ears with tip 16 stars in black. Cover face with tip 16 stars in light copper. Pipe tip 3 dot eye highlights in white and outline lashes in black.
- Position bow; prop up with a small amount of icing.
Notes
How To
How to Pipe a Star Fill In
The star tip creates the most celebrated, easily accomplished decorations, making the star fill-in technique a perfect option for a beginner’s project.
