Pineapple Pull-Apart Cake
No need to cut this cake! Made using a bunch of cupcakes, this pull-apart cake is great for birthday parties and nights in with friends. Simply arrange your cupcakes in a pineapple shape, then ice them all to make a summery sweet pineapple. When it's time for dessert, just grab a cupcake and enjoy! Super fun for kids and adults alike, this cake is sure to become a summertime fav!
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Skill LevelBeginner
Ingredients
Favorite Cake Mix or Recipe
Lemon Yellow Icing Color, 1 oz.
Creamy White Decorator Icing, 4 lb. Tub
Buttercup Yellow Icing Color, 1 oz.
Kelly Green Icing Color, 1 oz.
Sky Blue Icing Color, 1 oz.
Tools
Large Leaf Cake Decorating Tip 366
Recipe Right Muffin Pan, 12-Cup Non-Stick Muffin Pan
10 x 14-Inch Rectangular Cake Boards, 6-Piece
Decorating Bags, 16-Inch Disposable Piping Bags, 12-Count
Recipe Right Non-Stick Cooling Rack, 3-Tier
Bright Standard Cupcake Liners, 300-Count
Instructions
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- Bake cupcakes. Prepare cake mix following recipe instructions. Bake and cool 16 cupcakes in yellow liners and 6 cupcakes in green liners.
- Arrange cupcakes. On cake board or platter, arrange cupcakes into pineapple shape (3 yellow, 4 yellow, 4 yellow, 3 yellow, 2 yellow, 2 green, 2 green, 2 green).
- Tint icing. Tint 2 cups white icing green and 3 cups icing yellow using color combinations provided. Combine Kelly Green and Sky Blue icing colors to get green color shown. Combine Lemon Yellow and Buttercup Yellow icing colors to get yellow color shown.
Decorate cupcakes. Prepare decorating bag with tip 366 and green icing. Prepare second decorating bag with tip 6B and yellow icing.
Starting at top with green icing, pipe overlapping pull-out leaves on green-lined cupcakes. Using yellow icing, pipe stars on yellow-lined cupcakes.
Notes
How To
How to Pipe Icing Leaves
Make a simple, versatile leaf to add realistic details to flowers. Leaf tips can also be used to make simple flowers, such as sunflowers.
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.
