Need An Igloo

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CakesByNikki Posted 4 Nov 2006 , 2:03am
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My sister loves penguins, and I wondering if someone had an idea how to make an igloo cake with penguins for the holidays? thanks!

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JanH Posted 4 Nov 2006 , 2:09am
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NEWTODECORATING Posted 4 Nov 2006 , 2:11am
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Here is another one....Middle layer --CAKEBALLS!!

http://www.wilton.com/recipes/recipesandprojects/Xmas/penguin.cfm

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JanH Posted 4 Nov 2006 , 2:23am
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NEWTODECORATING,

OMG, that is so decadent!!!!

Let me at 'em.... and the cupcake snowballs are so cute!

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OhMyGoodies Posted 4 Nov 2006 , 2:41am
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My mother and the ladies at her work have this thing where they made like teams with the different departments and their team was the Penguins. So they dressed up as Penguins last year at christmas time... well I was on the wilton site one day and saw this cake and I've decided I'm going to make it and spruce it up some for the ladies at her work this year for christmas... pic attached icon_smile.gif
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OhMyGoodies Posted 4 Nov 2006 , 2:45am
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I forgot to mention... I couldn't get ahold of the original creator to get the "directions" for this but I do know it's half of the sports ball pan for the igloo and I'm assuming the door way section is the MINI sports ball pans but I don't have one of them so I was going to use the bottom of a jumbo cupcake hollowed out a bit for the front "door" and I know that the blue "pool" is piping gel dyed blue. The penguins are butter cream and the trees are sugar cones with pull out stars.

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CakesByNikki Posted 4 Nov 2006 , 4:18am
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Great ideas! But how would you make the penquins out of butterceam?

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vicky Posted 4 Nov 2006 , 4:25pm
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I think you make penguins out of fondant, or gumpaste. You could also make them out of modeling chocolate, but I'm not sure how to color them. Good luck!
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Zmama Posted 4 Nov 2006 , 4:48pm
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From the Wilton site, about the penguins on the cakeball igloo setup:

Penguins: Figure pipe using royal icing. Using tip 3, pipe zigzag motion feet, overlapping at heel. Using heavy pressure, pipe 2A body to desired height; add tip 12 ball head. Pipe tip 3 tummy area and face, flatten with finger dipped in cornstarch or smooth with damp Decorator Brush. Tuck tip 8 into sides and, using heavy to light pressure, add pull-out wings. Add tip 2 pull-out beak, tip 1 dot eyes, tip 3 snowballs as desired. Make extras to allow for breakage and let dry.

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