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What a fun cake this was to make! The famous "Shoe" was made out of two layers of cake from the Wilton horseshoe cake pan, in Red Velvet no doubt, and layered with cherry preserves. Wilton red/clear sugar crystals represent the fans in the stands, and the windows that align the outside of the Shoe are made from black licorice. The pennants were made by printing copies of the Big Ten's teams pennants, and then taped them onto toothpicks. See my other picture to see inside the Shoe for Script Ohio.
Made out of one 13x9 pan, I traced the face of a photo of Darth Vader, enlarged it on the photocopier until fit the width of the cake, and cut the mask to size. After base frosting the mask with Wilton chocolate buttercream frosting, I took the traced paper and applied piping gel to outline the details of the face, then used the star and round tips to decorate. The 'marquee" board was made from the bottom of the 13x9 cake.
Not my best work, but it was still a hit! Two cakes were made....one 12x18 and one 9x13 to sit on top. The four suits on the bottom half were imprinted from cookie cutters, frosted with their respective color, and then topped with colored sugar, while the cookie cutter was still on the cake. I would recommend outlining the shapes with a Tip 2 or 3. I admit I cheated with the other accessories as they are all non-edible, but many items could be created with chocolate and/or fondant.
Create a stage for the Wilton Circus Animals by using 2/3rds of a round cake on top of a sheet cake. Pipe your circus clowns with a star tip, and add circus peanuts as a great whimsical border
- beach towel is a piece of gum - board walk is the top layer of those sugar wafer cookies that have cream in the middle - the "wood" posts at the end of the boardwalk are pieces of caramel rolled into a log - sand is "sugar in the raw" on top of tan frosting - sea animals are from a package of Swedish Fish Ocean Friends - the waves on the side are from white icing with a blue striped bag - ocean on the top has blue frosting with some spots of white and deep blue underneath the blue piping gel on top
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