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Thursday, December 9, 2010

Santa Claus Design on a Cake (and a break)


I totally enjoyed decorating this cake which I made for a Christmas party at a friend's place. It's actually very easy to make if you know how to. Refer the Wilton's method and you will know how simple it is.

I made a 9" double layer round cake and iced it with buttercream icing (make more batches as needed). If you do not want to make the icing at home, you can use store bought icing.

For the red and black icing, I used store bought Wilton's decorating icing. You get them in 4.25 oz tubes. I have given up on making both these at home since they do not turn into the colour I want and leave a hideous taste which I can definitely do without.

I used Wilton red decorating gel (.75 oz tube) to trace this design.



I wish I had done a better job of covering the tracks of the piping gel with the icing!

The Wilton tips I used to decorate the cake :
Hat - #18
Beard and hair - #18
Face - #18 (I mixed some red icing with white icing. You can also mix pink colour with white icing)
Mustache - #5
Eyes - #5
Lips - #3
Border - #21
Writing - #3



I'm travelling to India next week and may not be able to update my blog for sometime. On this note, wish you all a Merry Christmas!!

23 comments:

  1. Awesome cake aparna. Merry christmas to you too :)

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  2. Merry Christmas to all of U Apy!!! The cake looks fabulous,truly a work of art!! You're so inspiring :)

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  3. designe is perfect showing satna cluse looking beautiful and yummy

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  4. Have a nice trip to India. This cake looks fantastic.

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  5. Wow Beautiful cake apy, great work dear...

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  6. Wow such a beauty...... Hats off for the work done :)

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  7. You are really an expert, that looks so cute. Have a nice and safe journey, enjoy your holidays.

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  8. I really admire your confidence and the passion to follow what you want in life! Beautiful!

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  9. The cake looks awesome Aparna. Wishing you a safe journey back home and Merry christmas to you too :)

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  10. awesome it looks - wishing u a very festive christmas n a Happy New year in advance !!

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  11. cake nt only looks cute ,but i m sure it must hv tasted great...enjoy ur break and vacation to india...

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  12. Beautiful cake. have a nice trip

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  13. Merry Christmas cake looks awesome! Have a great trip!

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  14. whoa, what an amazing looking cake and have a wonderful and safe trip.

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  15. the cake got me into Christmas spirit already! what a great idea to trace the design! have a nice vacation in India!

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  16. The cake looks fabulous! Happy Holidays and enjoy the vacation home!

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  17. looks delicious n perfect. happy journey

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  18. looks yummy.. nice decoration.. first time here .. following u..

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  19. I just found your blog. This santa cake is perfectly festive! Enjoy your time in India, and your Christmas. Look forward to checking back on more recipes.

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