Totally Textured Stripe Birthday Cake

by Wilton |

Item # 262027328P190
Beginner 3-5 Hours

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

  • Favorite cake mix or recipe
  • Creamy White Decorator Icing - 4lb tub
  • Royal Blue Icing Color*
  • Violet Icing Color*
  • Teal Icing Color*
  • Kelly Green Icing Color*
  • Golden Yellow Icing Color*
  • Lemon Yellow Icing Color*
  • Pink Icing Color*
  • Orange Icing Color*
  • Creamy Peach Icing Color*
  • Rose Icing Color
  • 6"x 3" Round Pan
  • Cooling grid
  • Icing smoother
  • Ruler
  • Toothpick
  • Disposable Decorating Bags
  • 4-Piece Coupler Set (2 sets needed)
  • Star Decorating Tip 16 (4 needed)
  • Round Decorating Tip 3 (6 needed)
  • Star Decorating Tip 14 (2 needed)
  • Polka Dot birthday candles

  • *Combine Royal Blue and Violet icing colors to get blue color shown. Combine Teal and Kelly Green icing colors to get dark teal color shown. Combine Golden Yellow and Lemon Yellow icing colors to get yellow color shown. Combine Pink and Orange icing colors to get coral color shown. Combine Creamy Peach and Orange icing colors to get orange color shown.

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Prepare cake batter following recipe instructions. Bake and cool two cake layers. Level layers to 2 1/2" high. Fill and stack layers for 5" high cake. Using white icing, ice cake smooth. Tint 1/4 cup white icing each blue, dark teal, yellow, coral and orange using color combinations provided. Using Rose icing color, tint 1/4 cup icing pink. Decorate cake. Using ruler and toothpick, mark vertical lines every 3/4" around sides of cake.
  2. Prepare six decorating bags with couplers. Fill separately with blue, dark teal, yellow, coral, orange and pink icing. Alternating colors and tips, pipe dots, stars and lines randomly along vertical lines. The tip 14 was used for the yellow and orange stars and tip 16 for the other stars, but those are optional. Insert candles.

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