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A pink Poodle Cake makes a perfect birthday cake for your little miss. And you can bet you’ll hear “Ooh-la-la!” as you present her with this adorable rendition.
It’s cute and girly and bright, bright fun . With a Hot Pink feather boa trim and yellow polka-dots it’s sure to please any little fashion princess and her entourage.
You'll be amazed at what you can do with a sugar ice-cream cone, some buttercream and a little inspiration.
And don't forget to pick up some cute, co-ordinating party supplies
ingredients for the perfect pink poodle cake
- Cake Lemon Scented White Velvet Cake is perfect
- Filling Whipped Lemon Mousse is amazing
- 1 batch of buttercream
- fuschia, pink, yellow and black gel food color
- One small White Jelly Belly ® Coconut jelly bean or similar candy for poodle eyes
- #233 small grass decorating tip
- disposable decorating bags
or gallon size Ziploc bags
- one small ice cream cone (not flat bottomed)
- Plate or board to hold finished cake
first steps to a successful Poodle Cake
- bake the cake(s) and cool completely.
- level the cake(s) and split each into two layers horizontally.
- fill and assemble each cake on a separate cake circle
and secure with a dollop of frosting to stop it from sliding around.
- add a crumb coat - this is a very thin coat of un-tinted buttercream you apply to 'set' the crumbs.
- refrigerate the cake(s) for at least 1 hour to firm up the crumb coat.
- after the crumb coat has firmed up, frost the top and sides of the cake(s) with the Light Pink frosting.
- put your Pink Poodle Cake on to a plate or board now and secure with double sided tape to stop the cake from sliding around.
this poodle cake needs a poodle
- divide the buttercream in to five bowls with about 2/3 cup in one and the rest evenly divided.
- tint the smaller amount of buttercream black and the others light pink, fuschia and yellow. Leave one white.
- take the ice cream cone and fill with White frosting (this will form the Poodle body).
- turn upside down and, with a large dab of frosting, secure the cone to the top of the cake just off-center.
- cut the tip off the cone about an inch down from the top.
- frost the body with Light Pink frosting.
- using the Light Pink frosting and a disposable decorating bag or a Ziploc bag, pipe a golf ball sized ball of frosting on top of the body, to form the head.
- pipe a small sausage shape on the front of the head for the snout and two more long shapes on the sides of the head for ears.
- add two lines of frosting down the front of the body for the front legs and a small blob of frosting either side for the hind legs.
Poodle Cake assembly
- fit a disposable decorating bag or a gallon size ziploc bag with the #233 decorating tip and use the fuschia frosting to pipe the feather boa trim around the base of the cake, as shown.
- using a Ziploc bag and some yellow frosting, pipe the polka-dots around the bottom tier of your cake, as shown.
- using the fuschia Frosting and #233 grass tip again, add the fluffy details to your poodle ears, neck and paws, as shown.
- cut the jelly bean in half and gently push each half into place to make the poodle eyes.
- using the Black frosting and a disposable decorating bag or a Ziploc bag, pipe some eye lashes and pupils on the eyes, a dot for the nose, claw details on the paws and a row of tiny dots in between the top row of polka-dots to complete the details.
- pipe a happy birthday around the top (optional).
You're done! Now go get a well deserved cup of coffee and sit back for a few minutes to admire your handiwork. Remember to take a picture while your masterpiece still looks perfect.
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