A great cake for a fall birthday.
A simple 2 layer chocolate cake decorated to resemble corn rows and harvest time.
Tools needed for decorating:
Lazy susan
4 pastry bags
4 tips: #6, #7, #47, #789
Candy circles
Plastic spackle tool
Cardboard cut into a circle covered with tin foil or a cake plate
Plastic trees
Tractor and trailer
Decorating Instructions:
Step 1: Apply a crumb coat using tip #789, smooth it out with spackle tool. Refrigerate for 10-15 minutes.
Step 2: Apply a thick coating of frosting and smooth out while spinning it on your lazy susan. Smooth the sides first, then the top.
Step 3: Apply the boarder using tip #47.
Step 4: Create the green grassy area for the trees. Can use tip #47 to give it a more grassy look.
Step 5: Make your rows using tip #47, leaving a space between each for the corn and leaving a spot for your tractor and trailer.
Step 6: Add candy circles.
Step 7: Using tip #7 or similar, add corn to your husks and any other creative lines to the boarders and sides.
Step 8: Writing on cake can be done using tip #6 or similar.
Step 8: Now you can put the trees and Tractor/trailer on your cake.
Tip:
You can go to your local large chain grocery store that decorates cakes (Ralphs, Vons, Cub Foods, Publix, Walmart etc.) and purchase any of their cake decorating kits. Flip through the book and decide what you want. I have even just asked for a random thing like a snowmobile kit, even though it was not in their display book and they had it. Grocery stores have shelves upon shelves of cake decorating kits. They cost about $5.
