Sweetly Pink Star Cake

Delicate-looking stars in four shades of rose buttercream icing create a stunning ombre design on this cake. Learn how to pipe stars and other great decorating techniques by signing up for The Wilton Method of Cake Decorating Course 1.

Amount20 Servings

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Ingredients

8 cups of your Favorite cake recipe or mix
Buttercream Frosting
Rose Icing Color

Tools
8 x 2 in. Round Pan
Cake Leveler, Small, 10-Inch
Decorator Preferred 13 inch Angled Spatula
food-safe scissors
12 in. Disposable Decorating Bags
Large Drop Flower Cake Decorating Tip 2D

Instructions

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Make cake. Prepare batter following recipe directions. Tint rose. Bake and cool two cakes. Prepare buttercream icing following recipe directions. Tint four different shades of rose. (You will need more of the lightest shade of rose for icing and decorating.) Torte, stack and fill for a four 1 in. layer, 5 in. high cake.
Ice cake. Use spatulas and lightest rose icing to ice cake smooth.
Decorate cake. Use tip 2D, cut disposable decorating bag and dark rose icing to pipe two rows of stars at bottom of cake. Continue piping star rows using tip 2D and tinted icing from the next darkest through lightest rose icing, bringing the last color over to cover the cake top.

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.