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Pink Flamingo Rose; Mini Buttercream Cake
Pink Flamingo Rose; Mini Buttercream Cake

Check out the free cake fundamentals class in the project center to see how to properly cut and add supports into your cakes!

  • I baked THREE 10" cake layers (in 2" deep tins)...or you could bake only two 10" cake layers but in 3" deep tins.  Both will allow for 5 mini cakes, about 5"tall (or slightly taller).

 

Link to document with the actual size flamingo photo you can use for reference for a 5" tall cake, 4" wide...

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13e-NsuMxOLa1Ql8ymPs6t7KF9rFo2R14DN72mI-uxXY/edit?usp=sharing

Printing Photo Inspiration Images from Shawna's Google Docs Files:

To edit the document and change its size...

  1. First, click on the Google Doc link that I've provided. You'll need to have a google account to complete the next steps, so if you want to print from these google docs I add, it's a good idea to setup a google account.
  2. Ok, after you click on the link and the photo has opened in the document, click "file" in the upper left hand corner.
  3. A menu drops down... then click on "make a copy". A box pops up where you can give the file a name and designate which folder in your google drive you'd like to save it to. It should then automatically open up that copied document for you.
  4. You should be able to edit that document (you can only view the original that I posted.)  Change size as needed and you can hit the print button when you're finished!

The only chocolate cake recipe I’ll use, now, as it’s moist, dense, carves well, and is RIDICULOUSLY delicious! 

This is an adaptation of Lauren Kitchen's Easy Buttercream recipe. It's a little bit sweeter than her original recipe (but definitely not too sweet!) and works well for piping flowers and buttercream designs, as a buttercream underneath fondant (as it hardens in the fridge nicely to get those sharp edges on your fondant) or just left as a buttercream finish on your cake. It's my new favorite!

Check out this video tutorial on how to make modeling chocolate or this live session recording that is all about modeling chocolate and making a rose, too.

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Wilton 402-104 Petal Decorating Tip
Realistic flower petals, dramatic ruffles, drapes, swags and bows. Tip works with standard bags and fits large coupler.
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20 Gauge Oasis® Floral Wire - Pack of 150
Oasis Florist Wire packaged in cardboard tube to protect it with removable caps.
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Fondant Rolling Pin
Smooth, Non-Stick Rolling Pin with Thickness Bands is perfect for precisely rolling out fondant or covering cakes with rolled fondant.
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Innovative Sugarworks Sugar Shapers
The seamless, ergonomically designed Innovative Sugarworks Sugar Shapers are engineered to maximize comfort and efficiency when performing highly repetitive and detailed decorating tasks. Flexible, durable and color-coded for easy identification, these professional-grade tools are an essential part of any professional, student, or hobbyist sugar-artist toolkit.
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Safety Seal Food Barrier
Safety Seal is an innovative product that enables you to coat items in a food safe material. Perfect for sugar flowers metal picks and florist wires you can now ensure that everything that touches your cake is food safe. 120g.
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Artisan Accents Gel Pastes
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Roxy & Rich Hybrid Sparkle Dusts
This fine, shiny, water-soluble powder is ideal for creating
a stylish Disco Dust metallic finish on your creations,
and it is 100% edible!
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Roxy & Rich Edible Hybrid Petal Dust Master Kit, 24 Colors
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Bakerpan Food Coloring Markers, Black
Bakerpan Food Coloring Markers can be used again and again just like regular markers! For best results, draw on foods which have a smooth dry surface.
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Sweet Sticks Edible Art Decorative Cake Paint 0.5 Ounce - Black
Edible Art Decorative Paint by Sweet Sticks is revolutionary paint made in Australia. With a unique blend of 100-percent edible ingredients, they can paint, dry and be rub free on many surfaces, making cake decorating quicker, easier and more effective.
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Sweet Sticks Edible Art Decorative Cake Paint 0.5 Ounce (15 Milliliters), Metallic Burnt Bronze
Shake the bottle well to ensure the solid and liquid ingredients mix together to form an even consistency to paint with. You can also open the bottle and stir the mixture with the end of your paint brush before shaking. Shake the bottle each time before using the paint, including between sessions. If your paint is transparent, the ingredients haven’t mixed together.
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Majestic Royal and Langnickel Short Handle Paint Brush Set
Majestic by Royal & Langnickel is known for its multi-diameter synthetic bristles which deliver smooth even strokes and exceptional control. Its soft synthetic hair gives superior smooth application and blending while offering the ability to create fine details. Majestic brushes are exceptionally suited for use with watercolor and acrylic paints. The black anodized brass ferrule is double crimped to a short acrylic handle with beveled end. Majestic brushes are admired by artists for their weightless feel and excellent color-holding capacity, durability and snap.
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KOOTIPS Stainless Steel Flower Nails 4 Pcsset
Stainless Steel Cake Flower Decorating Tool, 4-Piece Flower Nails
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Multicraft Imports Color Factory PA214 5 Piece Plastic Palette Knife Set
AMERICAN CLASSICS-Color Factory: Palette Knife Set. These flexible plastic knives are ideal for all kinds of painting and crafting projects. This package contains five different styles of palette knives.
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4 cake board
0.045-inch-thick board for individual pastry servings
Straight-edge laminated board; European-style appearance; attractive, reflective, non-embossed
No raw edges, no corrugated ribbing
Upper (colored side) laminated for the ultimate in grease proof and moisture resistance
By Enjay Converters, a quality manufacturer of foil- and film-laminated bakery boards and boxes, laminated board products for deli, smoked meat and fish applications
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Clear With Stripe Boba Straws
Stripe colors may vary: orange, red, pink, yellow, purple, green, blue. Size: approx. 8.25" x 0.5". 172+ quality straws One slanted end. Great for cake decorating also
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7 inch silver square cake boards
Actual Cake Board Dimensions ~ 7 inches square, ~ 1/8 inch thick.
No Open Edges!
The edges of our foil covered cake boards are finished off smooth.
The perimeter of this silver cake board is protected with the same food safe grease-resistant gold foil that decorates the surface. The full wrap over the edges not only makes for a more elegant presentation of your cakes, but it also keeps frosting and crumbs out of the corrugated material that stiffens the cake pad.