Turning Two Banner Cake

It's a banner year to celebrate! Craft this topper using Decorator Preferred Fondant and the Wilton Alphabet/Number Cut-Outs Set. Confetti sprinkles from the Wilton Flowerful Medley 6-Mix Assortment add an extra splash of color to this buttercream-iced cake.

Amount12 Servings

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Ingredients

3 oz Decorator Preferred White Fondant, 24 oz. Fondant Icing
Christmas Red Icing Color
Red-Red Icing Color
Rose Icing Color
Orange Icing Color
Sky Blue Icing Color
Violet Icing Color
Lemon Yellow Icing Color
Golden Yellow Icing Color
6 cups of your Favorite Cake Mix or Recipe
Buttercream Frosting

Tools
Plastic ruler
Roll and Cut Fondant Mat
Fondant Roller, 9-Inch
Knife
Gum Paste Storage Board
food-safe scissors
Dental floss
Cake Decorating Tools, 5-Piece Brush Set
Alphabet & Number Fondant Cut-Out Set
6 x 3 in. Round Pan
Cake Circle
Cupcake Pedestals
Decorator Preferred 13 inch Angled Spatula
Flowerful Medley 6-Mix Sprinkle Assortment
11 3/4 in. Lollipop Sticks
Red Lollipop Sticks

Instructions

Turning Two Banner Cake - Banner

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Make banner. Tint a 1 1/8 in. fondant ball each red, rose, orange, blue, violet and yellow. Use fondant roller with pink guide rings to roll out red, pink, orange, blue and violet fondant, separately, 1/16 in. thick. Use pattern, knife and fondant to cut one diamond shape in each color. Place shapes under flap on storage board until ready to use.

Use scissors to cut a string of dental floss, 14 1/2 in. long. Starting in center of string, fold diamond over dental floss to form a pennant shape. Use damp brush to attach pennant sides together. Repeat to attach five pennants.

For letters, use fondant roller with pink guide rings to roll out yellow fondant 1/16 in. thick. Use cut-outs from set to cut \"TWO.\" Use damp brush to attach letters to banner.
Make layered cake. Prepare batter following recipe directions. Bake and cool two 6 in. layers. Prepare buttercream icing following recipe directions. Prepare, fill and stack cake layers on cake circle for a 2-layer cake, 6 in. high. Place cake on cake pedestal. Use spatula and icing to ice cake fluffy.
Decorate cake. Attach confetti sprinkles from 6-mix assortment around bottom 2 in. of cake.

Use scissors to trim two 11 3/4 in. lollipop sticks to 10 in. Tie one end of banner to each lollipop stick. Slide red lollipop sticks over trimmed lollipop sticks. Insert lollipop sticks into cake at opposing angles so banner hangs correctly.